-NÁ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"
Navajo
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *naʸ (“to move nomadically, to migrate”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nininaa (“he arrived at a place with a group”).
Root
[edit]-NÁ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | motion |
S moves household |
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -nééh | -ná | -nééł | -nééh | -nééł |
| DIV | -né | -ná | -nééł | -neeh | -né |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *na (“to capture, to enslave”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna elna (“slave”).
Root
[edit]-NÁ
- to capture
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ł | conversive |
S captures O |
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONCL | -ná | -ná | -nááł | - | - |
| CONCL | -né | -ná | -nééł | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
[edit]Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (capture)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *naʸ (“to become depleted”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tneznaan (“it went to waste”), hwnełnaan (“he won at gambling”).
Root
[edit]-NÁ
1. plural S die, (impf.) plural S get sick
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | conversive |
plural S die
|
2. to win (in a competition)
| Theme | Category | Bases | Personal S (+ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ho + ni + ∅ | conversive |
it wins
|
S wins
|
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -nééh | -ná | -nééł | -nééh | -nééł |
| CONCL | -né | -ná | -nééł | -nééh | -nééł |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.