néíłtʼih

Navajo

Etymology

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

néíłtʼih

1. he/she is extending it around in a circle (as a rope, a wire or a fence)

   Shighangóó béésh adisháhí níséłtʼiʼ. ― I put barbed wire around my house.

Conjugation

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

• ITERATIVE: -tʼih
• OPTATIVE: -tʼééh

Related terms

• chʼétʼééh
• chʼííłtʼééh
• ditʼééh
• haatʼééh
• haiłtʼééh
• iiłtʼééh
• iitʼééh
• naatʼiʼ
• neiłtʼiʼ
• yidiłtʼééh
• yiłtʼééh
• yitʼééh
• yítʼééh
• yítʼiʼ
• yoołtʼih