nitsaa

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

nitsaa

1. it (inanimate object) is big, large, huge

Usage notes

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb. As such, it is only used in the imperfective.

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

• ahéheeʼ nitsaago
• Dibé Nitsaa

See also

• nitsxaa
• nitsxaaz
• tsoh
• áníłtso