níyol

Navajo

Etymology

ní- (ni-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø - (thematic) + -yol (neuter perfective stem of root -YOL, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

níyol

1. it is windy (literally, "the wind arrived blowing")

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only.

Noun

níyol

1. wind