yichííł

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chííł (progressive stem of root -CHÍÍL, “to snow”).

Verb

yichííł

1. a snowstorm is moving along

   Dziłbąąhgóó yichííł. ― A snowstorm is moving along the mountainside.

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), third person only.

Related terms

• yíchííł