-NÁ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"
Navajo
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *naʸ (“to move nomadically, to migrate”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nininaa (“he arrived at a place with a group”).
Root
edit-NÁ
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∅ | motion |
S moves household |
Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -nééh | -ná | -nééł | -nééh | -nééł |
CON | -né | -ná | -nééł | -neeh | -nééł |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 338.
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *na (“to capture, to enslave”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna elna (“slave”).
Root
edit-NÁ
- to capture
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O + ł | conversive |
S captures O |
Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CONCL | -ná | -ná | -nááł | — | — |
CONCL | -né | -ná | -nééł | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
editNavajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (capture)
Etymology 3
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *naʸ (“to become depleted”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tneznaan (“it went to waste”), hwnełnaan (“he won at gambling”).
Root
edit-NÁ
1. plural S die, (impf.) plural S get sick
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∅ | conversive |
plural S die
|
2. to win (in a competition)
Theme | Category | Bases | Personal S (+ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ho + ni + ∅ | conversive |
it wins
|
S wins
|
Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -nééh | -ná | -nééł | -nééh | -nééł |
CONCL | -né | -ná | -nééł | -nééh | -nééł |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.