nilget

nilget

Ahtna

Etymology

ni- (?) +‎ l- (classifier) +‎ get (neuter imperfective stem of the root get (“to rot, be afraid”)). Compare Lower Tanana neljet.

Verb

nilget

  1. he/she is afraid

Conjugation

Imperfective
Positive Singular Plural
1st person niʼelget nitsʼelget
2nd person niʼilget niʼolget
3rd person nilget nikelget
Negative Singular Plural
1st person niʼelgede nitsʼilgede
2nd person niʼilgede niʼolgede
3rd person niʼilgede nikilgede
Perfective
Positive Singular Plural
1st person nighalget nitsʼalget
2nd person nighilget niʼulget
3rd person nighalget nikalget
Negative Singular Plural
1st person niʼelgede nitsʼilgede
2nd person niʼilgede niʼolgede
3rd person niʼilgede nikilgede
Future
Positive Singular Plural
1st person nitxalget niʼstalget
2nd person nitxilget nitulget
3rd person nitalget nihtalget
Negative Singular Plural
1st person nidzghalgede niʼstalgede
2nd person nidzghilgede nitulgede
3rd person nitalgede nihtalgede
Optative
Positive Singular Plural
1st person nigholget nitsʼulget
2nd person nighulget niʼulget
3rd person nighulget nikulget
Negative Singular Plural
1st person nizgholgede nitsʼulgede
2nd person nizghulgede niʼulgede
3rd person nigholgede nikulgede

Verbal stems

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Neuter get get get get

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 182, 693
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