ndeezniiʼ

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

na- (atelic, circuital) + -di- (sensory) + -eez- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-niiʼ (continuative perfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to hurt”).

Verb[edit]

ndeezniiʼ

  1. pain moves about
  2. (with biyiʼ) to have an internal pain moving about

Usage notes[edit]

This is a continuative verb that uses only the perfective mode.

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

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Continuative (si), third person only.

Related terms[edit]