nitłʼiz

Navajo

Etymology

ni- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłʼiz (neuter imperfective stem of root -TŁʼIS, “to be hard”).

Verb

nitłʼiz

1. it (an object) is hard, brittle, stiff
2. (spatial person) it (an area, the floor, snow) is hard, compacted, crusted

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third and spatial person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.

NEUTER IMP	singular
3rd person	nitłʼiz
Spatial	hótłʼiz

Alternative forms

• ntłʼiz