nitsxaa

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ni- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsaa (neuter imperfective stem of root -TSAA, “to be big”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Verb edit

nitsxaa

it (inanimate object) is really big, extremely large, really huge

Usage notes edit

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.