yistil
Navajo
Etymology
y- (peg element) + -ni- (thematic) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -til (neuter imperfective stem of root -TIL, “to be matted”)
Verb
yistil
- it is matted (as hair or wool)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 508