hiiłchʼįįh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

hiiłchʼįįh

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 (Ø/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	hiiłchʼįįh
PERFECTIVE	hííłchʼįʼ
FUTURE	hidoołchʼįįł

Related terms

hííłchʼįʼgo