Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -yiz (continuative imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to spin”).
Verb
neiłhiz
- he/she is wiggling it
Conjugation
Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
naasxiz
|
neiilyiz
|
ndeiilyiz
|
| 2nd person
|
naniłhiz
|
naałhiz
|
ndaałhiz
|
| 3rd person
|
neiłhiz
|
ndeiłhiz
|
| 4th person
|
njiłhiz
|
ndajiłhiz
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
niséłhiz
|
nisiilyiz
|
ndasiilyiz
|
| 2nd person
|
nisíníłhiz
|
nisoołhiz
|
ndasoołhiz
|
| 3rd person
|
neisxiz
|
ndeisxiz
|
| 4th person
|
njisxiz
|
ndajisxiz
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
ndeesxiz
|
ndiilyiz
|
ndadiilyiz
|
| 2nd person
|
ndííłhiz
|
ndoołhiz
|
ndadoołhiz
|
| 3rd person
|
neidoołhiz
|
ndeidoołhiz
|
| 4th person
|
nizhdoołhiz
|
ndazhdoołhiz
|
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 708