-NÁ

-NÁ

Navajo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *naʸ (“to move nomadically, to migrate”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nininaa (“he arrived at a place with a group”).

Root

-NÁ

1. to move household, to migrate, crowd moves

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	motion	S moves household yinééh (Ø-MOM) iinééh dinééh diinééh haanééh ńdíníinééh (ńdíníi-, “good start”) tádínééh yisdánééh yínééh (ni-MOM) chʼénééh niinééh naasná (CONT, perf.) yinééł (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-nééh	-ná	-nééł	-nééh	-nééł
DIV	-né	-ná	-nééł	-neeh	-né

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

crowd or herd moves:

• -DÉÉL
• -NIIʼ
• -TEEL
• -YIZ (stampede)
• -YOL
• -ZĄ́

Derived terms

▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Navajo_terms_belonging_to_the_root_-N%C3%81_(migrate)' title='Category:Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (migrate)'>Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (migrate)</a>‎ (0 c, 6 e)

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/din%C3%A9%C3%A9h' title='dinééh'>dinééh</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/haan%C3%A9%C3%A9h' title='haanééh'>haanééh</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/iin%C3%A9%C3%A9h' title='iinééh'>iinééh</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/yin%C3%A9%C3%A9h' title='yinééh'>yinééh</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/yin%C3%A9%C3%A9%C5%82' title='yinééł'>yinééł</a>

  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/y%C3%ADn%C3%A9%C3%A9h' title='yínééh'>yínééh</a>

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *na (“to capture, to enslave”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna elna (“slave”).

Root

-NÁ

1. to capture

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + ł	conversive	S captures O yiłná or yiłné (CONCL)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
CONCL	-ná	-ná	-nááł	-	-
CONCL	-né	-ná	-nééł	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (capture)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Athabaskan *naʸ (“to become depleted”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna tneznaan (“it went to waste”), hwnełnaan (“he won at gambling”).

Root

-NÁ

  1. plural S die, (impf.) plural S get sick

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	conversive	plural S die biʼniinééh (MOM) noonééł (PROG) niné (CONCL)

  2. to win (in a competition)

Theme	Category	Bases	Personal S (+ł)
ho + ni + Ø	conversive	it wins honinééh (MOM) hodínínééh honéenééł (PROG) honiné (CONCL)	S wins — — honéełnééł (PROG) honiłné (CONCL)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-nééh	-ná	-nééł	-nééh	-nééł
CONCL	-né	-ná	-nééł	-nééh	-nééł

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to die:

• -DĮĮD
• -TSĄ́

to win:

• -BĄ́

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (die)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÁ (win)