-NÍÍD

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) -NÍÍD shares many stems with the roots -NIID, -NIIʼ, -NÍÍʼ,-NIʼ, -NÍ, -NIH, -NIIH ~ -LĮH and -NEʼ, each of these being themselves a conflation of several originally distinct roots with at times overlapping meanings, which makes their actual identification often speculative.

Root

-NÍÍD

  1. to be true
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅

S is true

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM - -nííd -niił -niih -nííʼ
NEUT -níí - - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÍÍD (true)

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