naʼałʼeełí

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== Navajo == === Etymology === na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -ʼeeł (continuative stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “the one who causes something to float about”. === Noun === naʼałʼeełí sailor, seaman === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 189