-ZHÓLÍ

Etymology

Compare Tsuut'ina zúl (“to be woolly, soft”).

Root

-ZHÓLÍ

  1. to be soft, fluffy, downy, tender

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
Neuter — -zhólí — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZHÓLÍ (soft)
hoolzhólí
yilzhólí

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 786
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