nił

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪ̀ɬ/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Postposition

nił

1. with you

Inflection

Navajo postpositions

	singular	duoplural
1st person	shił	nihił
2nd person	nił	nihił
3rd person	bił
4th person (3o)	yił
4th person (3a)	hił
4th person (3i)	ił	—
reflexive	ádił	—
reciprocal	—	ahił

Etymology 2

From -nił (“to pound”), from + -neʼ (imperfective stem of root -NEʼ, “to propel a solid roundish object”).

Noun

nił

1. axe

Derived terms

• tsénił