naajeeh

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jeeh (imperfective stem of root -JÉÉʼ, “to run — 3+ actors”).

Verb

naajeeh

  1. to run about here and there (of three or more people)
  2. (in the perfective) to make a round trip

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person naashjeeh neiijeeh ndeiijeeh
2nd person nanijeeh naahjeeh ndaahjeeh
3rd person naajeeh ndaajeeh
4th person njijeeh ndajijeeh
perfective singular duoplural plural
1st person nishéjééʼ nishiijééʼ ndashiijééʼ
2nd person nishíníjééʼ nishoojééʼ ndashoojééʼ
3rd person naazhjééʼ ndaazhjééʼ
4th person njizhjééʼ ndajizhjééʼ
future singular duoplural plural
1st person ndeeshjah ndiijah ndadiijah
2nd person ndííjah ndoohjah ndadoohjah
3rd person ndoojah ndadoojah
4th person nizhdoojah ndazhdoojah

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 267
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