Navajo edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

ná- (back, reversionary) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-zííd (imperfective stem of root -ZID, “month passes”).

Verb edit

ńdízííd

  1. a month passes, is going by

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ńdízííd
PERFECTIVE ńdeezid
FUTURE ńdidooził

Derived terms edit