násgai

násgai

Navajo

Etymology

ná- (“around”) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb

násgai

1. there is a circle of white

   Biwooʼ násgai. ― He has a good set of teeth (lit. his teeth form a white circle).

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

PERFECTIVE	singular	plural	dist. plural
3rd person	násgai		ńdaasgai