niilchʼił

Etymology

ni- (terminative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chʼił (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼIL, “to curl”)

Verb

niilchʼił

  1. to blink (a single time)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (∅/si)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person niishchʼił niilchʼił ndeiilchʼił
2nd person ninilchʼił noołchʼił ndaałchʼił
3rd person niilchʼił ndaalchʼił
4th person njilchʼił ndajilchʼił

See also

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 108
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