chʼíhiniłnééh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -hi- (seriative) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nééh (momentaneous stem of root -NAʼ, “a flat flexible object moves”)

Verb

chʼíhiniłnééh

  1. a series or succession of things is leftover, surplus
    chʼiyáán chʼíhiniłnééh ― there is leftover food

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼíhiniłnééh
PERFECTIVE chʼíhineesnaʼ

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 416
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