adijił

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jił (repetitive imperfective stem of root -JIL, “to stick out, to pierce, to protrude”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʔɑ̀tɪ̀t͡ʃɪ̀ɬ/

Verb edit

adijił

it is thorny, prickly
Hosh ayóo adijił. ― Cacti are full of thorns.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter repetitive, third person only.