nitłʼiz
Navajo
editEtymology
editni- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłʼiz (neuter imperfective stem of root -TŁʼIS, “to be hard”).
Verb
editnitłʼiz
- it (an object) is hard, brittle, stiff
- (spatial person) it (an area, the floor, snow) is hard, compacted, crusted
Usage notes
editThis verb is limited to expression in the third and spatial person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.
NEUTER IMP | singular |
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3rd person | nitłʼiz |
Spatial | hótłʼiz |