iinííł

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nííł (imperfective stem of root -NIL, “to handle several objects”).

Verb

iinííł

1. he/she is putting them or tossing them away out of sight (plural relatively large objects)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iishnííł	iiʼnííł	adeiiʼnííł
2nd person	aninííł	oohnííł	adaahnííł
3rd person	iinííł		adaanííł
4th person	ajinííł		adajinííł

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	íínil	iiʼnil	adasiiʼnil
2nd person	íínínil	oonil	adasoonil
3rd person	íínil		adaaznil
4th person	ajíínil		adajiznil

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshnił	adiiʼnił	adadiiʼnił
2nd person	adíínił	adoohnił	adadoohnił
3rd person	adoonił		adadoonił
4th person	azhdoonił		adazhdoonił

Related terms

• yinííł