náltsááh
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Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative) + -tsááh (imperfective stem of root -TSEII, “to be dry”).
Verb
[edit]náltsááh (intransitive)
- he/she/it dries up, gets dry, desiccates
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | nástsááh | néiiltsááh | ńdeiiltsááh |
2nd person | náníltsááh | náłtsááh | ńdaałtsááh |
3rd person | náltsááh | ńdaaltsááh | |
4th person | ńjíltsááh | ńdajiltsááh |
Verbal stems
[edit]- IMPERFECTIVE: -tsááh
- PERFECTIVE: -tseii
- FUTURE: -tsih
- ITERATIVE: -tsih
- OPTATIVE: -tsááh
Related terms
[edit]- néíłtsááh (transitive)