ahaʼdeetʼaah

== Navajo == === Etymology === ʼah- (reciprocal) + -aʼ- (“lending to”) + -di- (thematic) + -ee- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼaah (imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”). === Verb === ahaʼdeetʼaah to make a treaty with them, to enter into an agreement with them, to enter into a contract with him/them ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift. Note: the glottal stop of position I (or possibly IV, the “unspecified object” prefix) hops after the di- of position VI when that syllable is not immediately pre-stem. ==== Verbal stems ==== IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼaah PERFECTIVE: -tʼą́ FUTURE: -tʼááł ITERATIVE: -tʼááh OPTATIVE: -tʼááł === Noun === ahaʼdeetʼaah treaty contract, agreement === References === Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 37.