neiłtʼiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼiʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

neiłtʼiʼ

1. he/she is stringing it/them around, going around arranging it/them in a string or line (as wiring a house or putting lights on a Christmas tree)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	naashtʼiʼ	neiiltʼiʼ	ndeiiltʼiʼ
2nd person	naniłtʼiʼ	naałtʼiʼ	ndaałtʼiʼ
3rd person	neiłtʼiʼ		ndeiłtʼiʼ
4th person	njiłtʼiʼ		ndajiłtʼiʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	niséłtʼiʼ	nisiiltʼiʼ	ndasiiltʼiʼ
2nd person	nisíníłtʼiʼ	nisoołtʼiʼ	ndasoołtʼiʼ
3rd person	neistʼiʼ		ndeistʼiʼ
4th person	njistʼiʼ		ndajistʼiʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ndeeshtʼih	ndiiltʼih	ndadiiltʼih
2nd person	ndííłtʼih	ndoołtʼih	ndadoołtʼih
3rd person	neidoołtʼih		ndeidoołtʼih
4th person	nizhdoołtʼih		ndazhdoołtʼih

Verbal stems

• ITERATIVE: -tʼih
• OPTATIVE: -tʼiʼ

Related terms

• chʼétʼééh
• chʼííłtʼééh
• ditʼééh
• haatʼééh
• haiłtʼééh
• iiłtʼééh
• iitʼééh
• naatʼiʼ
• néíłtʼih
• yidiłtʼééh
• yiłtʼééh
• yitʼééh
• yítʼééh
• yítʼiʼ
• yoołtʼih