anitséés

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tséés (imperfective stem of root -TSIZ, “to die out, to become extinguished”).

Verb

anitséés

1. the light goes out

   Daʼneeztsiz. ― The lights went out, there is a power outage.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	anitséés
PERFECTIVE	aneeztsiz
FUTURE	adínóotsis

Related terms

• aniłtséés
• nitséés
• yiniłtséés