neijaah
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]na- (atelic, circuital) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jaah (continuative imperfective stem of root -JAAʼ, “to handle a profusion of objects”).
Verb
[edit]neijaah
- he/she is carrying them around (profusion of small objects as sand, seeds, pebbles)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | naashjaah | neiijaah | nideiijaah |
| 2nd person | nanijaah | naahjaah | nidaahjaah |
| 3rd person | neijaah | nideijaah | |
| 4th person | nijijaah | nidajijaah | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nishéjaaʼ | nishiijaaʼ | nidashiijaaʼ |
| 2nd person | nishíníjaaʼ | nishoojaaʼ | nidashoojaaʼ |
| 3rd person | neizhjaaʼ | nideizhjaaʼ | |
| 4th person | nijizhjaaʼ | nidajizhjaaʼ | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ndeeshjih | ndiijih | ndadiijih |
| 2nd person | ndííjih | ndoohjih | ndadoohjih |
| 3rd person | neidoojih | ndeidoojih | |
| 4th person | nizhdoojih | ndazhdoojih | |