-LĮ́Į́ʼ

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Etymology

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Closely related to -LǪ́.

This root seems to only take si-Perfectives in all verb bases.

Root

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-LĮ́Į́ʼ

  1. become
    1. to become; to bring into being.
    2. (a-) an event happens; to bring about an event.
    3. (ho-) to come into being, to come up, to be born.
    4. (ani-) to be of value; to set a high price.

Stem set

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Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -leeh -lį́į́ʼ -leeł -leeh -leʼ
NEUTER -lį́ - - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

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Navajo terms belonging to the root -LĮ́Į́ʼ (become)