niilyé

ni- (terminative) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -yé (momentaneous/transitional stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender, flexible object”)

niilyé

1. (preceded by ahąąh) to be folded

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

• ahą́ą́h nániilyá (“times”)

ni- (terminative) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -yé (momentaneous/transitional stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender, flexible object”)

niilyé

1. to be set down, placed

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, pages 668-9.
• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 362