atsid

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsid (repetitive stem of root -TSEED, “to pound”)

Verb

atsid

  1. to pound something unspecified
  2. to work as a smith

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person astsid iitsid daʼiitsid
2nd person ítsid ohtsid daʼohtsid
3rd person atsid daʼatsid
4th person ajitsid daʼjitsid

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 124.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 602
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