iijííł

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jííł (imperfective stem of root -JIL, “to stick out, to pierce”).

Verb

iijííł

1. it sticks, pierces, penetrates, stabs (a sharp pointed object as a thorn, a needle, a knife, a stick)

   Baa iijííł. ― It (a needle) pierces (into) it.

   Hosh shaa ííjil. ― A thorn stuck me.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	iijííł
PERFECTIVE	ííjil
FUTURE	adoojił
ITERATIVE	anájił
OPTATIVE	oojííł

Related terms

• adijił
• haajííł