haastih

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ha- (aging) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-tih (neuter perfective stem of root -TIH, “to be old, decrepit”).

Verb[edit]

haastih

  1. he/she/it is old

Usage notes[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

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

PERFECTIVE singular plural dist. plural
3rd person haastih hadaastih

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