anitséés

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tséés (imperfective stem of root -TSIZ, “to die out, to become extinguished”).

Verb[edit]

anitséés

  1. the light goes out
    Daʼneeztsiz.The lights went out, there is a power outage.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE anitséés
PERFECTIVE aneeztsiz
FUTURE adínóotsis

Related terms[edit]