adiʼniikaad

== Navajo == === Etymology === ʼa- (“away”) + -di- (thematic) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaad (momentaneous stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves”). === Verb === adiʼniikaad he/she starts to play cards ==== References ==== Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 302