naatso

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (“downward”) + -yi- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tso (neuter perfective stem of root -TSOII, “to be yellow”).

Verb edit

naatso

there is a descending yellow line or strip

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 (yi), third person only.