-NIID

== Navajo == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Athabaskan *ni (“to feel, to think, to want, to wish”). Relates to the mind. Cognate root found in Ahtna nii (“to say, think”), Tanacross shiiníʼ (“my mind”). -NIID shares many stems with the roots -NÍÍD, -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 ==== -NIID to want, to love, to have in mind ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Athabaskan *də-ni (“to say”). Cognate root found in Ahtna nii (“to say”), Carrier hotni (“it is said”). ==== Root ==== -NIID to say ===== Usage notes ===== As in all Athabaskan languages, the thematic di- prefix deletes in the third person, and the pronominal P-i prefix is replaced with P-ił. dishní, bidishní ― I say, I say to him ní, shiłní ― he says, he says to me Most of the above neuter verbs have a matching active verb conjugated in the momentaneous aspect, mainly suppleting for the modes other than the imperfective. Neuter / Imperfective / Perfective / Future ní / niih / dííniid / didooniił ání / ániih / ádííniid / ádidooniił,... ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Root ==== -NIID to be new, fresh, young, recent ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ===== Derived terms ===== Category:Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIID (new) === Etymology 4 === From Proto-Athabaskan *ni ~ *ni̓gʸ (“to be joyful”). Cognate root found in Ahtna neniic (“happiness”), Carrier honəsni (“to be joyful”). ==== Root ==== -NIID there is fun, joy ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ===== Derived terms ===== Category:Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIID (enjoy) === Etymology 5 === ==== Root ==== -NIID to affect, to be the solution for, to cure ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ===== Derived terms =====