názhah

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ná- (around) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-zhah (reversative imperfective stem of root -ZHAʼ, “to be curved”).

Verb[edit]

názhah

  1. he/she is curling up, is curling his/her body around

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Reversative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person náshah néiijah nídeiijah
2nd person nánízhah náhshah nídaahshah
3rd person názhah nídaazhah
4th person níjízhah nídajizhah
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person níshézhah níshiijah nídashiijah
2nd person níshínízhah níshoozhah nídashoozhah
3rd person názhah nídaazhah
4th person níjízhah nídajizhah

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

názhah

  1. third-person singular/dual perfective of názhah

Noun[edit]

názhah

  1. horseshoe shaped, crescent shaped