niilkʼoł

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Etymology

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ni- (thematic) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-kʼoł (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -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

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niilkʼoł

  1. he/she is blinking his/her eyes (one time)

Conjugation

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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