néíłtʼih
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ná- (“around”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼih (reversative imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).
Verb
[edit]néíłtʼih
- he/she is extending it around in a circle (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Reversative (∅/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | náshtʼih | néiiltʼih | ńdeiiltʼih |
| 2nd person | náníłtʼih | náłtʼih | ńdaałtʼih |
| 3rd person | néíłtʼih | ńdeiłtʼih | |
| 4th person | ńjíłtʼih | ńdajiłtʼih | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | níséłtʼiʼ | nísiiltʼiʼ | ńdasiiltʼiʼ |
| 2nd person | nísíníłtʼiʼ | nísoołtʼiʼ | ńdasoołtʼiʼ |
| 3rd person | néístʼiʼ | ńdeistʼiʼ | |
| 4th person | ńjístʼiʼ | ńdajistʼiʼ | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ńdeeshtʼih | ńdiiltʼih | ńdadiiltʼih |
| 2nd person | ńdííłtʼih | ńdoołtʼih | ńdadoołtʼih |
| 3rd person | néidoołtʼih | ńdeidoołtʼih | |
| 4th person | nízhdoołtʼih | ńdazhdoołtʼih | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -tʼih
- OPTATIVE: -tʼééh