nikeeh

== Navajo == === Etymology === ni- (terminative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jeeh (imperfective stem of root -JÉÉʼ, “to lie — 3+ actors”). === Verb === nikeeh to sit down (2 people) to sit down with one other person ==== Usage notes ==== This stem is used for sitting in groups of two subjects. Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject sitting with one 2 additional subjects as a group: Nihił nishjeeh — I'm reclining with you (pl.). ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si). ==== See also ==== niteeh (1), niteesh (2), nijeeh (3+) (“to lie down”) nidaah (1), nikeeh (2), dinibįįh (3+) (“to sit down”) === 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 659.