siké

si- (modal) + -∅- (classifier) + -ké (neuter perfective stem of root -KÉ, “to sit — 2 actors”).

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siké

1. they (2 actors) are sitting, are at home, are waiting

This verb is used for sitting in pairs. For individual sitting, see sidá. For sitting in groups of three or more, see naháaztą́.

Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject sitting in a pair with another participant.

• Shideezhí bił séké. — I stayed with my younger sister, I sat with her.

The plural or distributive plural forms refer to several subjects sitting in pairs independent one from another.

• Tsídii naazké / ndaazké. — Birds are sitting in pairs, forming three or more pairs.

This is a neuter verb. As such, it is conjugated only in the perfective.

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si).

Positional si-perfective verbs like siké form their plural with na-/ni-/n-, with or without distributive da-.

4th person has variants: dzizké, ndzizké and ndadzizké.

• sidá (1), siké (2), naháaztą́ (3+) (to be sitting)