Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (downward) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-yéés (imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to move with a turning motion”).

Verb edit

naayéés

  1. it is sliding downward (as a boulder)

Conjugation edit

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE naayéés
PERFECTIVE nááyiz
FUTURE ndooyis

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