yanáalį́

== Navajo == === Etymology === ya- (“up or down, vertically”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -LĮ́, “to flow”). === Verb === yanáalį́ it flows or gushes up into the air and curves as it comes down (as water from a fountain or geyser) ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only. This verb has no other forms. === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 376