-jįʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-tšʼən (“towards”).[1]

Suffix

-jįʼ

  1. as far as, up to, against it
  2. (temporal) until

Derived terms

Navajo terms suffixed with -jįʼ
alą́ąjįʼ
áłahjįʼ
biláahjįʼ
chidí bikéeʼjįʼ adeezʼáhígíí
ííłníiʼjįʼ
náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí
neeʼnijįʼ
nówehjįʼ
tʼáá áłahjįʼ
tłʼaajįʼééʼ
wónaaníjįʼ

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 54.
  1. ^ Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 313
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