-NÍÍD

Navajo

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 aaníí

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)