iiłnííh

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nííh (momentaneous stem of root -NIIʼ, “a wave passes”)

Verb

iiłnííh

  1. it passes away, comes to an end (as a fad, epidemic, etc.)

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE iiłnííh
PERFECTIVE ííłniiʼ
FUTURE adoołnih
ITERATIVE anáłnih
OPTATIVE oołniih

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 476.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 458
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