Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (atelic, circuital) + -di- (sensory) + -eez- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-niiʼ (continuative perfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to hurt”).

Verb edit

ndeezniiʼ

  1. pain moves about
  2. (with biyiʼ) to have an internal pain moving about

Usage notes edit

This is a continuative verb that uses only the perfective mode.

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Continuative (si), third person only.

Related terms edit