ííłniih

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -niih (imperfective stem of root -NÍÍʼ, “middle”)

Verb edit

ííłniih

to become the middle of
Shį́ ʼííłniih. ― It becomes mid-summer.

Hai ʼííłniih. ― It becomes the middle of winter.

Tłʼééʼ ííłnííʼ. ― It became midnight.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with some irregularities, third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	ííłniih
PERFECTIVE	ííłnííʼ
FUTURE	adoołnííʼ
ITERATIVE	náʼáłnih
OPTATIVE	ółnííh

Note: the imperfective is conjugated like a perfective with a high tone prefix.

Related terms edit

anííʼ