naastsxo
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]na- (atelic, circuital) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tso (neuter perfective stem of root -TSOII, “to be yellow”), with emphatic infix -x-.
Verb
[edit]naastsxo
- it forms a meandering yellow line or line of yellow spots on the ground
- Niʼgóó kin bee yidleeshí naastsxo. ― There is a line of yellow house paint on the floor.
Usage notes
[edit]This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with na- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with si- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with d- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSOII (yellow)
- Navajo terms infixed with -x- (emphatic)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (si) aspect