-ʼIL

Etymology

Found in a single verb base and several derived nouns in Navajo. From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔəɬ (“conifer needle”). Compare Ahtna ʼeł (“spruce bough”), ʼełggadeʼ (“spruce needles”) and Carrier diʼil (“to have needles”).

Root

-ʼIL

  1. to be hairy, long-haired
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + ∅ adjectival

S is long-haired

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
Neuter -ʼil, -ʼilí — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

hairy:

 
 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼIL (hairy)
akéʼiil
diʼil
tłʼízíʼilí
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