nádleeh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Navajo ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, shift triggered by ná-) + -leeh (imperfective stem of root -LĮ́Į́ʼ, “to become”).
==== Verb ====
nádleeh
(reversionary of yileeh,“to become”) he/she is reverting to a previous state or condition
===== Conjugation =====
Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
===== See also =====
Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé
dooleeł
yileeh
==== 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 569.
Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 380
=== Etymology 2 ===
ná- (iterative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, shift triggered by ná-) + -leeh (iterative stem of root -LĮ́Į́ʼ, “to become”).
==== Noun ====
nádleeh
hermaphrodite
homosexual
non-binary person
==== 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 525.
Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 384