atsʼiil

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -TSʼIL (“to shatter, break”).

Noun

atsʼiil

1. broken pieces, fragments, sherds
2. remains, relics (as a ruined building)
3. cone (of a conifer)

Inflection

Possessives of atsʼiil

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sitsʼiil	nihitsʼiil	danihitsʼiil
2nd person	nitsʼiil	nihitsʼiil	danihitsʼiil
3rd person	bitsʼiil
4th person (3o)	yitsʼiil
4th person (3a)	hatsʼiil
Indefinite (3i)	atsʼiil