Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ná- (around) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb edit

násgai

  1. there is a circle of white
    Biwooʼ násgai.He has a good set of teeth (lit. his teeth form a white circle).

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

PERFECTIVE singular plural dist. plural
3rd person násgai ńdaasgai