-∅-
Navajo
Prefix
-∅-
- The -∅- classifier (valence-change prefix), which is the absence of a prefix, usually marks an active verb as intransitive.
- yibéézh ― it’s boiling (yi-∅-béézh)
- yiłbéézh ― he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh)
- naʼniyęęsh ― something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-∅-yęęsh)
- naʼniłhęęsh ― he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh)
- siʼą́ ― a roundish object lies in position (-∅-ʼą́)
- séłʼą́ ― I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́)
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