naastsxo

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

na- (atelic, circuital) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-tso (neuter perfective stem of root -TSOII, “to be yellow”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Verb[edit]

naastsxo

  1. it forms a meandering yellow line or line of yellow spots on the ground
    Niʼgóó kin bee yidleeshí naastsxo.There is a line of yellow house paint on the floor.

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

Related terms[edit]