chʼíiníłį́

Etymology

chʼí- (out horizontally) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ní- (ni-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-lį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -LĮ́, “to flow”). Alternatively, bi- + názlį́

Verb

chʼíiníłį́

  1. to cause it to flow out horizontally, to drain it out

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni).

perfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníłį́ chʼíniidlį́
2nd person chʼííníłį́ chʼínółį́
3rd person chʼíiníłį́
4th person chʼízhníłį́

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 290.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 376