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Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, thematic) + -tʼaʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -TʼAʼ, “to fly”).
Pronunciation
Verb
naatʼaʼ
- to fly around (a bird or an airplane); (in the perfective) to make a round-trip flying
- Shił naatʼaʼ. ― I fly around on it. (lit. It flies around with me)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼááh
- CONTINUATIVE: -tʼaʼ
- PERFECTIVE: -tʼaʼ
- FUTURE: -tʼah
- ITERATIVE: -tʼah
- OPTATIVE: -tʼááh