nitʼááh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ni- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, mediopassive)-ʼááh (imperfective stem of root -ʼAAʼ, “to trick”).

Verb[edit]

nitʼááh

  1. he/she thinks incorrectly, is mistaken, lit. to delude oneself (into thinking something that isn't)
    Mąʼii átʼį́ nisingo neeshtʼááʼ.I thought it was a coyote (but it wasn't).

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishtʼááh niitʼááh daniitʼááh
2nd person nítʼááh nohtʼááh danohtʼááh
3rd person nitʼááh danitʼááh
4th person jinitʼááh dazhnitʼááh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person neeshtʼááʼ niitʼááʼ daniitʼááʼ
2nd person níínítʼááʼ noohtʼááʼ danoohtʼááʼ
3rd person nootʼááʼ daneestʼááʼ
4th person jinootʼááʼ dazhneestʼááʼ

Verbal stems[edit]

  • FUTURE: -tʼah
  • IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼááh
  • PERFECTIVE: -tʼááʼ
  • ITERATIVE: -tʼah
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼááh

Related terms[edit]