niiłnééh

== Navajo == === Etymology === ni- (thematic) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nééh (momentaneous stem of root -NAʼ, “a flat flexible object moves”) === Verb === niiłnééh it wilts, withers (as flowers or fruit) it droops (as a plant lacking water) it subsides (as an erection) ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 416