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

1. 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.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ahadiʼnishtʼaah	ahadiʼniitʼaah	ahadadiʼniitʼaah
2nd person	ahadiʼnítʼaah	ahadiʼnohtʼaah	ahadadiʼnohtʼaah
3rd person	ahaʼdeetʼaah		ahadaʼdeetʼaah
4th person	ahazhʼdeetʼaah		ahadazhʼdeetʼaah

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ahadiʼnishtʼą́	ahadiʼniitʼą́	ahadadiʼniitʼą́
2nd person	ahadííńʼnítʼą́	ahadiʼnoohtʼą́	ahadadiʼnoohtʼą́
3rd person	ahaʼdeetʼą́		ahadaʼdeestʼą́
4th person	ahazhʼdeetʼą́		ahadazhʼdeestʼą́

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ahadiʼdeeshtʼááł	ahadiʼdiitʼááł	ahadadiʼdiitʼááł
2nd person	ahadiʼdíítʼááł	ahadiʼdoohtʼááł	ahadadiʼdoohtʼááł
3rd person	ahadiʼdootʼááł		ahadadiʼdootʼááł
4th person	ahadizhʼdootʼááł		ahadadizhʼdootʼááł

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

1. treaty
2. contract, agreement