-NISH
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *nəš-x (“to move quickly”).
Cognate root found in Chipewyan násnís (“I move quickly”), Northern Tutchone naɣadəlniš (“he is working”).
Root
-NISH
- to work
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | motion |
S works
|
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| ʼa + ∅ | motion |
work is done
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -níísh | -nish | -nish | -nish | -níísh |
| Continuative | -nish | -nish | -nish | -nish | -nish |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -NISH (work)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 445