haajííł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ha- (“up out”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jííł (imperfective stem of root -JIL, “to stick out, to pierce”).

Verb[edit]

haajííł

  1. it sticks out, it protrudes (as a pole, a spear)
  2. a debt is incurred, money is owed
    Shąąh haajííł.
    A debt is incurred by me, I have credit, I owe money.
    Bee shąąh haajííł.
    I get it on credit.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE haajííł
PERFECTIVE háájil
FUTURE hadoojił

Related terms[edit]

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