anaanish

Etymology

a- (indefinite possessor) + na- (atelic, circuital) + + -nish (continuative imperfective stem of root -NISH, “to work”).

Noun

anaanish

  1. business
  2. labor, work
  3. (when possessed) job

Inflection

Possessives of anaanish
singular duoplural plural
1st person shinaanish nihinaanish danihinaanish
2nd person ninaanish nihinaanish danihinaanish
3rd person binaanish
4th person (3o) yinaanish
4th person (3a) hanaanish
Indefinite (3i) anaanish

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 114.
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