niteesh

ni- (terminative) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -teesh (imperfective stem of root -TÉÉZH, “to lie — 2 actors”).

niteesh

1. they (2 actors) are lying down, are moving into a reclining position

This stem is used for lying in pairs. For individual lying, see niteeh. For lying in groups of three or more subjects, see nijeeh.

Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject lying with one additional subject:

• Bił nishteesh. — I'm lying down with him.

Distributive plural forms refer to several people lying in pairs independent one from another.

• ashtéézh (“sexual intercourse”)
• shitéézh (“the two of them are in the lying position”)
• naazhtéézh (“they (animate things”) lie around somewhere in pairs)

• niteeh (1), niteesh (2), nijeeh (3+) (“to lie down”)
• nidaah (1), nikeeh (2), dinibįįh (3+) (“to sit down”)