ndootsʼos

Etymology

ni- (terminative) + -di- (adjectival) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-tsʼos (neuter perfective stem of root -TSʼOS, “to be tapered”)

Verb

ndootsʼos

  1. it tapers to a narrow point

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

Derived terms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 641