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Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”)
Verb
naashchiiʼ
- it forms a meandering red line or line of red spots on the ground (as blood)
- Yas bikááʼgóó dił naashchiiʼ. ― There was a line of blood spots on the snow.
Usage notes
This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.