niimas

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Etymology

ni- (“round shape”) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -mas (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”).

The stem -máás (“globular, spherical, ball-like shape”) is cognate with -bą́ą́z (“hooplike, ringlike shape”), and they have the same origin, which possibly is Proto-Athabaskan *wątsʼ (“roll”)

Pronunciation

Verb

niimas

  1. he/she/it is rolling up into a ball, is curling up (a cat, a person in a bed)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person niismas niiʼmas daniiʼmas
2nd person niimas noohmas danoohmas
3rd person niimas daniimas
4th person jiniimas dazhniimas
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person némas neeʼmas daneeʼmas
2nd person nínímas sinoomas dasinoomas
3rd person neezmas daneezmas
4th person jineezmas dazhneezmas
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person dínéesmas díníiʼmas dadíníiʼmas
2nd person díníímas dínóohmas dadínóohmas
3rd person dínóomas dadínóomas
4th person dízhnóomas dazhdínóomas

See also

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