chahoʼniiłheeł

Etymology

cha- (“darkness”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yeeł (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”).

Verb

chahoʼniiłheeł

  1. it starts to get dark

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chahoʼniiłheeł
PERFECTIVE chahoʼniiłhééł

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 697
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