nahałtin

nahałtin

Navajo

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Etymology

na- (“downward”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tin (durative imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to rain”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

nahałtin

1. it is raining, rainy

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (Ø/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	nahałtin
PERFECTIVE	nahóółtą́
FUTURE	nahodoołtį́į́ł
ITERATIVE	nináháłtį́į́h
OPTATIVE	nahółtį́į́ł, nahółtą́ą́ʼ