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naazhjaaʼ
naazhjaaʼ
Navajo
Verb
naazhjaaʼ
- they lie around somewhere, are located somewhere (groups of profusion of small, visually difficult to count objects as sand, seeds or pebbles)
Usage notes
This verb is limited to expression in the third person and refers to multiple groups of small items. Also occurs with distributive da- as ndaazhjaaʼ, refering to a greater plurality of groups.
For a single group, use the verb shijaaʼ.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only .
PERFECTIVE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
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3rd person | (shijaaʼ) | naazhjaaʼ | ndaazhjaaʼ |