Navajo edit

Etymology edit

si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tʼé (neuter perfective stem of root -TʼÉ, “to cook — intransitive”)

Verb edit

sitʼé

  1. it is cooked, roasted, broiled, “done”
    Naalʼeełí sitʼéego shił ayóó ʼátʼé.I love to eat roast duck.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.