nitsxaa

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

nitsxaa

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

Usage notes

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

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation

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

See also

• nitsaa
• nitsxaaz
• tsoh