sitsʼil

Navajo

Etymology

si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsʼil (neuter perfective stem of root -TSʼIL, “to shatter”).

Verb

sitsʼil

1. it is broken, shattered

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

Related terms

• yiyiiłtsʼił
• yiitsʼił
• yiłtsʼil