hodiłniih

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -niih (imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to hurt”).

Verb

hodiłniih

1. to cause to hurt

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 451.