"-CHÍÍL" meaning in Navajo

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Root

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *tšitɬʼ (“snow”). Compare Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”). The root often appears with the emphatic infix -x-. The verb yíchííł translates as “a snowstorm arrives” in the imperfective mode, while in the perfective mode it means “it snows”. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*tšitɬʼ||snow}} Proto-Athabaskan *tšitɬʼ (“snow”), {{cog|nv|chííl||snowstorm}} Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”) Head templates: {{head|nv|root}} -CHÍÍL
  1. to snow Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ZAS, -DZAAZ, -YOL
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        },
        {
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ZAS"
    },
    {
      "word": "-DZAAZ"
    },
    {
      "word": "-YOL"
    }
  ],
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