naʼanish
Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø - (thematic) + -nish (continuative imperfective stem of root -NISH, “to work”).
Replacing the unspecified subject prefix -ʼa- with the null third-person prefix -Ø- and the null classifier with -l- produces the related verb naalnish.
Verb
naʼanish
Usage notes
This verb is limited to expression in the unspecified person. For expression involving given persons, see naalnish.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Continuative (Ø/si), third person only.
3rd person singular | |
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IMPERFECTIVE | naʼanish |
PERFECTIVE | naʼazhnish |
FUTURE | nʼdoonish |
Related terms
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with na- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (subject)
- Navajo terms prefixed with Ø -
- Navajo terms with uncategorized prefix
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -NISH (work)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the continuative (Ø/si) aspect