niteesh

Navajo

Etymology

ni- (terminative) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -teesh (imperfective stem of root -TÉÉZH, “to lie — 2 actors”).

Verb

niteesh

1. they (2 actors) are lying down, are moving into a reclining position

Usage notes

This stem is used for lying in pairs. For individual lying, see niteeh. For lying in groups of three or more subjects, see nijeeh.

Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject lying with one additional subject:

• Bił nishteesh. — I'm lying down with him.

Distributive plural forms refer to several people lying in pairs independent one from another.

Conjugation

IMPERFECTIVE	duoplural
1st person	niiteesh
2nd person	nohteesh
3rd person	niteesh
4th person	jiniteesh

Related terms

• ashtéézh (“sexual intercourse”)
• shitéézh (“the two of them are in the lying position”)
• naazhtéézh (“they (animate things”) lie around somewhere in pairs)

See also

• niteeh (1), niteesh (2), nijeeh (3+) (“to lie down”)
• nidaah (1), nikeeh (2), dinibįįh (3+) (“to sit down”)