nidaah

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Etymology

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ni- (terminative) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-daah (imperfective stem of root -DÁ, “to sit — 1 actor”)

ni- (terminative) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-keeh (imperfective stem of root -KÉ, “to sit — 2 actors”)

di- (thematic) + -ni- (terminative) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-bįįh (imperfective stem of root -BIN, “to sit — 3 actors”)

Note: The 3+ actors stem takes an additional di-thematic prefix.

Verb

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nidaah

  1. he/she is sitting down, he/she is moving to a sitting position

Usage notes

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This verb uses three different verb bases for 1 subject sitting alone, 2 subjects sitting in a pair, and 3+ subjects sitting in a group. All three bases can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See sidá, siké, naháaztą́ for further details on a similar situation.

Conjugation

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Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishdaah niikeeh diniibįįh
2nd person nídaah nohkeeh dinohbįįh
3rd person nidaah nikeeh dinibįįh
4th person jinidaah jinikeeh dizhnibįįh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nédá neeké dineebin
2nd person nínídá sinooké disinoobin
3rd person neezdá neezké dineezbin
4th person jineezdá jineezké dizhneezbin
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person dínéeshdaał díníikeeł díníibįįł
2nd person díníídaał dínóohkeeł dínóóhbįįł
3rd person dínóodaał dínóokeeł dínóobįįł
4th person dízhnóodaał dízhnóokeeł dízhnóobįįł
ITERATIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person náníshdaah nániikeeh ńdiniibįįh
2nd person nánídaah nánóhkeeh ńdinohbįįh
3rd person nánídaah náníkeeh ńdinibįįh
4th person nánízhdaah názhníkeeh ńdizhnibįįh
OPTATIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nóshdaah nookeeh dinoobįįh
2nd person nóódaah noohkeeh dinoohbįįh
3rd person nódaah nókeeh dinóbįįh
4th person jinódaah jinókeeh dizhnóbįįh
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