"nihił" meaning in Navajo

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Postposition

IPA: /nɪ̀hɪ̀ɬ/
Etymology: From nihí (“we, us, our”) + ił (“with”). Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} nihił Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shił [first-person, singular], nihił [duoplural, first-person], nił [second-person, singular], nihił [duoplural, second-person], bił [third-person], yił [fourth-person], hił [fourth-person], ił [fourth-person, singular], - [duoplural, fourth-person], ádił [reflexive, singular], - [duoplural, reflexive], - [reciprocal, singular], ahił [duoplural, reciprocal]
  1. with us
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "nihí",
      "nihí#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "ił",
      "ił#Navajo"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From nihí (“we, us, our”) + ił (“with”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "nihił",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "we are happy.",
          "text": "Nihił hózhǫ́",
          "translation": "we are happy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "we are well.",
          "text": "Nihił yáʼátʼééh",
          "translation": "we are well.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with us"
      ],
      "id": "en-nihił-nv-postp-nZNzKkvA",
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "us",
          "us"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɪ̀hɪ̀ɬ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nihił"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "nihí",
      "nihí#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "ił",
      "ił#Navajo"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From nihí (“we, us, our”) + ił (“with”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahił",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "nihił",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo postpositions",
        "Navajo terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "we are happy.",
          "text": "Nihił hózhǫ́",
          "translation": "we are happy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "we are well.",
          "text": "Nihił yáʼátʼééh",
          "translation": "we are well.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with us"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "us",
          "us"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɪ̀hɪ̀ɬ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nihił"
}

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