niilyé

== Navajo == === Etymology 1 === ni- (terminative) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -yé (momentaneous/transitional stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender, flexible object”) ==== Verb ==== niilyé (preceded by ahąąh) to be folded ===== Conjugation ===== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅), third person only ===== Derived terms ===== ahą́ą́h nániilyá (“times”) === Etymology 2 === ni- (terminative) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -yé (momentaneous/transitional stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender, flexible object”) ==== Verb ==== niilyé to be set down, placed ===== Conjugation ===== Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only === References === Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, pages 668-9. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 362