Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (atelic, circuital) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-kaad (continuative imperfective stem of root -KAAD, “to cause a mass of plural objects to move scattered, to herd”).

Verb edit

neiniłkaad

  1. he/she is herding them (animals such as sheep, cattle, etc.)

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nanishkaad naniilkaad ndaniilkaad
2nd person naníłkaad nanołkaad ndanołkaad
3rd person neiniłkaad ndeiniłkaad
4th person nazhniłkaad ndazhniłkaad