yiłheeł

Etymology

yi- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yeeł (momentaneous stem of root -YÉÉL, “to dark”).

Verb

yiłheeł

  1. darkness falls, night falls, it becomes dark

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE yiłheeł
PERFECTIVE yíłheeł
FUTURE yídoohił

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 697
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