ííłʼį́

== Navajo == === Etymology === ʼá- (“thus”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼį́ (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to make”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔíːɬʔĩ́/ === Verb === ííłʼį́ he/she makes it, is a maker of it (by profession) Azeeʼ áshʼį́. ― Iʼm a doctor (lit., "I make medicine"). ==== Usage notes ==== Alternatively this verb could be considered a neuter verb conjugated only in the imperfective, other modes being suppleted by the active verb ííłʼįįh. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi). ==== Derived terms ==== ayęęzhii bee ałtah álʼíní (“eggbeater”) azeeʼííłʼíní chʼiyáán álʼį́įgi (“kitchen”) ííłʼíní Wááshindoondi beehazʼáanii ádeiłʼínígíí (“Congress”)