neezgai
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ni- (terminative) + -z- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be hot”)
Verb
[edit]neezgai
- to be hot
- to hurt, ache, have a fever
- Shitah neezgai.
- I have a fever.
- (literally, “My body hurts / is hot.”)
Usage notes
[edit]This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (terminative)
- Navajo terms prefixed with si- (perfective)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -GAII (hot)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (si) aspect