niilzhood

== Navajo == === Etymology === ni- (terminative) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhood (imperfective momentaneous stem of root -ZHÓÓD, “a bulky object moves”). === Verb === niilzhood it slides as far as a stopping point it (a bulky object) slides into place it (a structure) is built ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 787