Navajo edit

Etymology edit

si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tsʼil (neuter perfective stem of root -TSʼIL, “to shatter”).

Verb edit

sitsʼil

  1. it is broken, shattered

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation edit

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

Related terms edit