hastą́ltʼé
Navajo
Etymology
hastą́ą́ (“six”) + yiltʼé (“there are a certain number of them”), from the root -TʼEʼ (“to be”).
Verb
hastą́ltʼé
- there are six of them
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter absolute (∅), plural only
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | hastą́niiltʼé | hastą́daniiltʼé |
| 2nd person | — | hastą́nołtʼé | hastą́danołtʼé |
| 3rd person | hastą́ltʼé | hastą́daaltʼé | |
| 4th person | hastą́jiltʼé | hastą́dajiltʼé | |
Related terms
- táltʼé (“there are three of them”)
- dį́ltʼé (“there are four of them”)
- ashdlaltʼé (“there are five of them”)
- tsostsʼiltʼé (“there are seven of them”)
- tseebíltʼé (“there are eight of them”)
- náhástʼéltʼé (“there are nine of them”)
- neeználtʼé (“there are ten of them”)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 539