neiłtʼiʼ
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]na- (atelic, circuital) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼiʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).
Verb
[edit]neiłtʼiʼ
- he/she is stringing it/them around, going around arranging it/them in a string or line (as wiring a house or putting lights on a Christmas tree)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | naashtʼiʼ | neiiltʼiʼ | ndeiiltʼiʼ |
| 2nd person | naniłtʼiʼ | naałtʼiʼ | ndaałtʼiʼ |
| 3rd person | neiłtʼiʼ | ndeiłtʼiʼ | |
| 4th person | njiłtʼiʼ | ndajiłtʼiʼ | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | niséłtʼiʼ | nisiiltʼiʼ | ndasiiltʼiʼ |
| 2nd person | nisíníłtʼiʼ | nisoołtʼiʼ | ndasoołtʼiʼ |
| 3rd person | neistʼiʼ | ndeistʼiʼ | |
| 4th person | njistʼiʼ | ndajistʼiʼ | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ndeeshtʼih | ndiiltʼih | ndadiiltʼih |
| 2nd person | ndííłtʼih | ndoołtʼih | ndadoołtʼih |
| 3rd person | neidoołtʼih | ndeidoołtʼih | |
| 4th person | nizhdoołtʼih | ndazhdoołtʼih | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -tʼih
- OPTATIVE: -tʼiʼ