yiniłkʼah

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ni- (“round shape”) + -∅- (classifier) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼah (conclusive imperfective stem of root -KʼAII, “to be fat”).

Verb

yiniłkʼah

1. he/she is fattening it up

Conjugation

Paradigm: Conclusive (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishkʼah	niilkʼah	daniilkʼah
2nd person	níłkʼah	nołkʼah	danołkʼah
3rd person	yiniłkʼah		deiniłkʼah
4th person	jiniłkʼah		dazhniłkʼah

Related terms

• akʼah
• łikʼaii