Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-chííł (imperfective stem of root -CHÍÍL, “to snow”).

Verb edit

yíchííł

  1. snow/a snowstorm is arriving

Usage notes edit

The perfective form of this verb is translatable as "it is snowing".

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE yíchííł
PERFECTIVE ńchííl
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