yiłnih

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nih (progressive stem of root -NIIʼ, “a wave passes”)

Verb

yiłnih

  1. it (a wave) is moving along

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), third person only

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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