-LĮ́Į́ʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lii"

Navajo

Etymology

Closely related to -LǪ́.

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

Root

-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. (ʼa-ni-) to be of value; to set a high price.

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-leeh	-lį́į́ʼ	-leeł	-leeh	-leʼ
NEUTER	-lį́	—	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -LĮ́Į́ʼ (become)

ałeeh

haleeh

hałeeh

hodileeh

ílį́

íłį́

nádleeh

náhádleeh

náhodidleeh

nilį́

yileeh

yileeł

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 379