ntsáhákees

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (atelic, circuital) + -tsí- (“mental”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, passive) + -kees (continuative stem of root -KÉÉZ, “to think”).

Verb edit

ntsáhákees

(spatial passive) to receive thought, be thought about, be considered, be given thought

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	ntsáhákees
PERFECTIVE	ntsáháskééz
FUTURE	ntsíhodookos
ITERATIVE	ntsínáhákos
OPTATIVE	ntsóhókees

Noun edit

ntsáhákees

thinking

Usage notes edit

Ntsáhákees is closely associated with the east (haʼaʼaah) and the color white (łigaii).

Alternative forms edit

nitsáhákees