Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jeeh (imperfective stem of root -JÉÉʼ, “to run — 3+ actors”).
Verb
naajeeh
- to run about here and there (of three or more people)
- (in the perfective) to make a round trip
Conjugation
Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
naashjeeh
|
neiijeeh
|
ndeiijeeh
|
| 2nd person
|
nanijeeh
|
naahjeeh
|
ndaahjeeh
|
| 3rd person
|
naajeeh
|
ndaajeeh
|
| 4th person
|
njijeeh
|
ndajijeeh
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
nishéjééʼ
|
nishiijééʼ
|
ndashiijééʼ
|
| 2nd person
|
nishíníjééʼ
|
nishoojééʼ
|
ndashoojééʼ
|
| 3rd person
|
naazhjééʼ
|
ndaazhjééʼ
|
| 4th person
|
njizhjééʼ
|
ndajizhjééʼ
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
ndeeshjah
|
ndiijah
|
ndadiijah
|
| 2nd person
|
ndííjah
|
ndoohjah
|
ndadoohjah
|
| 3rd person
|
ndoojah
|
ndadoojah
|
| 4th person
|
nizhdoojah
|
ndazhdoojah
|
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 267