yíłnííh

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nííh (momentaneous stem of root -NIIʼ, “a wave passes”)

Verb

yíłnííh

  1. it comes, arrives (as a wave, e.g. disease)

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE yíłnííh
PERFECTIVE níłniiʼ
FUTURE doołnih
ITERATIVE náłnih
OPTATIVE wółnííh

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 764.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 457
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