"-CHÍÍL" meaning in Navajo

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Root

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ (“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|*čiˑtɬʼ||snow}} Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ (“snow”), {{cog|nv|chííl||snowstorm}} Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”) Head templates: {{head|nv|root}} -CHÍÍL
  1. to snow Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ZAS, -DZAAZ, -YOL
    Sense id: en--CHÍÍL-nv-root-3NEKtbTz Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo roots, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Snow, Weather
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*čiˑtɬʼ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "snow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ (“snow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "chííl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snowstorm"
      },
      "expansion": "Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ (“snow”). Compare Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”). The root often appears with the emphatic infix -x-.\nThe verb yíchííł translates as “a snowstorm arrives” in the imperfective mode, while in the perfective mode it means “it snows”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHÍÍL",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Snow",
          "orig": "nv:Snow",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "nv:Weather",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to snow"
      ],
      "id": "en--CHÍÍL-nv-root-3NEKtbTz",
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ZAS"
        },
        {
          "word": "-DZAAZ"
        },
        {
          "word": "-YOL"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-CHÍÍL"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*čiˑtɬʼ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "snow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ (“snow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "chííl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snowstorm"
      },
      "expansion": "Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *čiˑtɬʼ (“snow”). Compare Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”). The root often appears with the emphatic infix -x-.\nThe verb yíchííł translates as “a snowstorm arrives” in the imperfective mode, while in the perfective mode it means “it snows”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHÍÍL",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo roots",
        "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nv:Snow",
        "nv:Weather"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to snow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ZAS"
        },
        {
          "word": "-DZAAZ"
        },
        {
          "word": "-YOL"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-CHÍÍL"
}

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