kótʼé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kote"

Etymology

kó- (“thus”) + -ni- (adjectival) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼé (neuter imperfective stem of root -TʼEʼ, “to be”)

Verb

kótʼé

  1. to be like this, look like this

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person kónishtʼé kóniitʼé kódaniitʼé
2nd person kónítʼé kónohtʼé kódanohtʼé
3rd person kótʼé kódaatʼé
4th person kójitʼé kódajitʼé

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 499.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 537
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