-jįʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-tšʼən (“towards”).[1]

Suffix

-jįʼ

  1. as far as, up to, against it

Derived terms

Navajo terms suffixed with -jįʼ
alą́ąjįʼ
áłahjįʼ
biláahjįʼ
chidí bikéeʼjįʼ adeezʼáhígíí
ííłníiʼjįʼ
náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí
nówehjįʼ
tʼáá áłahjįʼ
tłʼaajįʼééʼ
wónaaníjįʼ

References

  1. ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 313
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