"sidá" meaning in Navajo

See sidá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sɪ̀tɑ́/ Audio: Nv-sidá.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *sə-daˑ. Equivalent to si- (modal) + -∅- (classifier) + -dá (neuter perfective stem of the root -DÁ, “to sit — 1 actor”). Cognate terms in other Athabaskan languages include Tsuut'ina sīdō, Lower Tanana dhedo, and Deg Xinag dhido. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*sə-daˑ}} Proto-Athabaskan *sə-daˑ, {{nv-prefix|si|a}} si- (modal), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|si|-}} si- (modal) + -∅- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-dá</i>}} -dá, {{nv-link-to-stem|-dá|neuter perfective}} + -dá (neuter perfective stem of the, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-DÁ</i>}} -DÁ, {{nv-link-to-root|-DÁ|sit|to sit — 1 actor}} root -DÁ, “to sit — 1 actor”), {{cog|srs|sīdō}} Tsuut'ina sīdō, {{cog|taa|dhedo}} Lower Tanana dhedo, {{cog|ing|dhido}} Deg Xinag dhido Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} sidá Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sédá [first-person, perfective, singular], siidá [duoplural, first-person, perfective], nsiidá [first-person, perfective, plural], ndasiidá [first-person, perfective, plural], sínídá [perfective, second-person, singular], soodá [duoplural, perfective, second-person], nisoodá [perfective, plural, second-person], ndasoodá [perfective, plural, second-person], sidá [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], nisoodá [perfective, plural, third-person], ndasoodá [perfective, plural, third-person], jizdá [duoplural, fourth-person, perfective, singular], njizdá [fourth-person, perfective, plural], ndajizdá [fourth-person, perfective, plural]
  1. he/she is sitting, is at home, is waiting Derived forms: yikáísdáhí

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "text": "Shimá bibaʼ sédá.",
          "translation": "I’m waiting for my mother.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I’m seated here.",
          "text": "Kweʼé sédá.",
          "translation": "I’m seated here.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I was there three days ago. (past tense)",
          "text": "Tááʼ yiskáńdą́ą́ʼ áadi sédáá ńtʼééʼ.",
          "translation": "I was there three days ago. (past tense)",
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        },
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          "english": "He sits up at an elevation",
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    },
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        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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        "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with si- (modal)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
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        {
          "english": "He/she is sitting on a chair.",
          "text": "Bikááʼ dahasdáhí bikááʼ dah sidá.",
          "translation": "He/she is sitting on a chair.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I’m waiting for my mother.",
          "text": "Shimá bibaʼ sédá.",
          "translation": "I’m waiting for my mother.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I’m seated here.",
          "text": "Kweʼé sédá.",
          "translation": "I’m seated here.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I was there three days ago. (past tense)",
          "text": "Tááʼ yiskáńdą́ą́ʼ áadi sédáá ńtʼééʼ.",
          "translation": "I was there three days ago. (past tense)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He sits up at an elevation",
          "text": "dah sidá",
          "translation": "He sits up at an elevation",
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        "he/she is sitting, is at home, is waiting"
      ],
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          "at home",
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      "ipa": "/sɪ̀tɑ́/"
    },
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    }
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  "word": "sidá"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sidá meaning in Navajo (5.2kB)

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