-NIL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nil"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ŋʷəɬ. Cognate with Lower Tanana neɬ.

Root

-NIL

1. to handle, move plural objects

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-nííł	-nil	-nił	-nił	-nííł
Continuative	-nil	-nil	-nił	-nił	-nil
CONAT	-nił	—	—	—	—
Distributive	-nil	-nil	-nił	-nił	-nil
Semelfactive	-nííł	-nił	-nił	-nił	-nííł
Neuter	—	-nil	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIL (handle PlO1)

awééʼ hayiiníłí

hahanííł

iinííł

naaltsoos ahiʼnííł

naaʼnil

neinil

yinííł

See also

Navajo Handle Themes				to move it
Class	Examples	Theme
SRO	generic	∅	-ʼĄ́	yiʼaah
SFO	rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate	∅	-LÁ	yilé
FFO	sheet, paper	ł	-TSOOZ	yiłtsóós
SSO	stick, pole	∅	-TĄ́	yitįįh
AnO	animate, doll	ł	-TĮ́	yiłteeh
NCM	wig, hay; fog	ł	-JOOL	yiłjooł
MM	butter; frog	∅	-TŁÉÉʼ	yitłeeh
LPB	load, burden	∅	-YĮ́	yiyeeh
PlO1	severality	∅	-NIL	yinííł
PlO2	profusion	∅	-JAAʼ	yijááh
OC	severality/profusion in a container	∅	-KĄ́	yikaah

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 435