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Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼiʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).
Verb
naatʼiʼ
- it extends about here and there (as a meandering wire, roads)
- it is a matter, a concern
Conjugation
Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -tʼih
- OPTATIVE: -tʼiʼ