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nayiilé

nayiilé

Navajo

Verb

nayiilé

  1. to pay a succesion of payments: rent, salary, installments.
    Bichʼįʼ nahashłé. ― I pay him.
    Bikʼé nahashłé. ― I pay for it.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si) .

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nahashłé nahiilyé ndahiilyé
2nd person nahílé nahihłé ndahohłé
3rd person nayiilé ndayiilé
4th person njiilé ndajiilé
Unspecified Passive A Passive B
Spatial nahalyé
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nahálá Nahaalyá ndahaalyá
2nd person nahínílá nahisoolá ndahisoolá
3rd person nayiizlá ndayiizlá
4th person njiizlá ndajiizlá

Notes:

  1. D-effect in the 1st person duoplural results in ly- instead of the expected dl-.
  2. The stem in the passive perfective is -laʼ instead of the expected -lá.