náltsááh

Navajo

Etymology

ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative) + -tsááh (imperfective stem of root -TSEII, “to be dry”).

Verb

náltsááh (intransitive)

1. he/she/it dries up, gets dry, desiccates

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nástsááh	néiiltsááh	ńdeiiltsááh
2nd person	náníltsááh	náłtsááh	ńdaałtsááh
3rd person	náltsááh		ńdaaltsááh
4th person	ńjíltsááh		ńdajiltsááh

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tsááh
• PERFECTIVE: -tseii
• FUTURE: -tsih
• ITERATIVE: -tsih
• OPTATIVE: -tsááh

Related terms

• néíłtsááh (transitive)