naastsxo

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (atelic, circuital) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tso (neuter perfective stem of root -TSOII, “to be yellow”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Verb edit

naastsxo

it forms a meandering yellow line or line of yellow spots on the ground
Niʼ góó kin bee yidleeshí naastsxo. ― There is a line of yellow house paint on the floor.

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.