naagai

Navajo

Etymology

na- (“downward”) + -yi- (modal) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb

naagai

there is a descending white line or strip

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only.

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