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Etymology

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ná- (around) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-tʼih (reversative imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

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néíłtʼih

  1. he/she is extending it around in a circle (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
    Shighangóó béésh adisháhí níséłtʼiʼ.I put barbed wire around my house.

Conjugation

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Paradigm: Reversative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person náshtʼih néiiltʼih ńdeiiltʼih
2nd person náníłtʼih náłtʼih ńdaałtʼih
3rd person néíłtʼih ńdeiłtʼih
4th person ńjíłtʼih ńdajiłtʼih
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person níséłtʼiʼ nísiiltʼiʼ ńdasiiltʼiʼ
2nd person nísíníłtʼiʼ nísoołtʼiʼ ńdasoołtʼiʼ
3rd person néístʼiʼ ńdeistʼiʼ
4th person ńjístʼiʼ ńdajistʼiʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person ńdeeshtʼih ńdiiltʼih ńdadiiltʼih
2nd person ńdííłtʼih ńdoołtʼih ńdadoołtʼih
3rd person néidoołtʼih ńdeidoołtʼih
4th person nízhdoołtʼih ńdazhdoołtʼih

Verbal stems

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  • ITERATIVE: -tʼih
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼééh
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