tsostsʼiltʼé
Navajo
Etymology
tsostsʼid (“seven”) + yiltʼé (“there are a certain number of them”), from the root -TʼEʼ (“to be”).
Verb
tsostsʼiltʼé
- there are seven of them
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter absolute (∅), plural only
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | tsostsʼiniiltʼé | tsostsʼidaniiltʼé |
| 2nd person | — | tsostsʼinołtʼé | tsostsʼidanołtʼé |
| 3rd person | tsostsʼiltʼé | tsostsʼidaaltʼé | |
| 4th person | tsostsʼijiltʼé | tsostsʼidajiltʼé | |
Related terms
- táltʼé (“there are three of them”)
- dį́ltʼé (“there are four of them”)
- ashdlaltʼé (“there are five of them”)
- hastą́ltʼé (“there are six of them”)
- tseebíltʼé (“there are eight of them”)
- náhástʼéltʼé (“there are nine of them”)
- neeználtʼé (“there are ten of them”)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 539