naashchiiʼ

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (atelic, circuital) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”)

Verb edit

naashchiiʼ

it forms a meandering red line or line of red spots on the ground (as blood)
Yas bikááʼgóó dił naashchiiʼ. ― There was a line of blood spots on the snow.

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.