siláo naʼałʼeełígíí

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