-NIH
Navajo
Etymology 1
Variant of the root -NÍÍʼ (“to thunder”)
Root
-NIH
- to thunder
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -niih | -nih | -nih | -nih | -niih |
| DUR | -ní | — | — | — | — |
| REP | -niih | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Etymology 2
Related to -NEʼ
Root
-NIH
- to brag
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUR | -niih | -nih | -nih | -nih | -nih |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 432