adijił

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-jił (repetitive imperfective stem of root -JIL, “to stick out, to pierce, to protrude”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀tɪ̀t͡ʃɪ̀ɬ/

Verb[edit]

adijił

  1. it is thorny, prickly
    Hosh ayóo adijił.Cacti are full of thorns.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter repetitive, third person only.

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