niilkʼoł
Navajo
Etymology
ni- (thematic) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kʼoł (semelfactive imperfective stem ofroot -KʼOL, “to undulate, to move as a wave”).
Compare niilchʼił (“to blink one time”) from -CHʼIL for a similar relationship between "curling" and "blinking".
Verb
niilkʼoł
- he/she is blinking his/her eyes (one time)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | niishkʼoł | niilkʼoł | daniilkʼoł |
2nd person | niilkʼoł | noołkʼoł | danoołkʼoł |
3rd person | niilkʼoł | daniilkʼoł | |
4th person | jiniilkʼoł | dazhniilkʼoł |