hiiłchʼįįh

Navajo

Etymology

hi- (thematic) + -yi- (“night passes”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + chʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -CHʼĮʼ, “to become evening”).

Verb

hiiłchʼįįh

1. evening is falling, twilight is falling, it is becoming late afternoon

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	hiiłchʼįįh
PERFECTIVE	hííłchʼįʼ
FUTURE	hidoołchʼįįł

Related terms

• hííłchʼįʼgo

See also

• eʼeʼaah