sih
Navajo
Etymology
Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -sih (“hope”, noun stem used as a verb stem)
Noun
sih
- hope, mercy
- a chance
- life
Verb
sih
- (with bił) to be satisfied with it
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), third person only.
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | sih |
| PERFECTIVE | yísih |
| FUTURE | doosih |
| ITERATIVE | násih |
| OPTATIVE | wósih |
Related terms
- hasih
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sek, whence also Old Saxon sik, Old Norse sik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̠ix/
Pronoun
sih
- self
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- German: sich
- Yiddish: זיך (zikh)