naniseʼ
Navajo
editEtymology
editna- (atelic, circuital) + -ni- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yeʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -YĄ́, “to grow”).
Verb
editnaniseʼ
- vegetation grows around here and there
- (The distributive form ndaniseʼ refers to plants) plants grow here and there
Usage notes
editThis verb is grammatically to expression in the third person.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
---|---|---|---|
3rd person | naniseʼ | ndaniseʼ |
PERFECTIVE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
---|---|---|---|
3rd person | naneeseʼ | ndaneeseʼ |
FUTURE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
---|---|---|---|
3rd person | ndínóoseeł | ndadínóoseeł |
Stem set
edit- IMPERFECTIVE: -yeʼ
- PERFECTIVE: -yą́ / -yeʼ
- FUTURE: -yeeł
- ITERATIVE: -yeeh
- OPTATIVE: -yeʼ
Related terms
editNoun
editnaniseʼ
Synonyms
editCategories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with na- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni-
- Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -YĄ́ (grow)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the continuative (∅/si) aspect
- Navajo nouns
- nv:Plants