haajííł

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jííł (imperfective stem of root -JIL, “to stick out, to pierce”).

Verb

haajííł

1. it sticks out, it protrudes (as a pole, a spear)
2. a debt is incurred, money is owed

   Shąąh haajííł.

   A debt is incurred by me, I have credit, I owe money.

   Bee shąąh haajííł.

   I get it on credit.

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	haajííł
PERFECTIVE	háájil
FUTURE	hadoojił

Related terms

• adijił
• iijííł