# shijaaʼ
## Navajo
### Etymology

si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jaaʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -JAAʼ, “to handle a profusion of objects”).

### Verb

shijaaʼ
* they lie somewhere, are located somewhere (profusion of small, visually difficult to count objects as sand, seeds or pebbles)

#### Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the singular third person and refers to one group of small items. For multiple groups, use the verb naazhjaaʼ.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

#### Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

#### Derived terms

* kin shijaaʼ

#### Related terms

* naazhjaaʼ
* neijaah
* yijááh
* yíjááh
* yoojih

#### See also

| Navajo Classificatory Themes | Navajo Classificatory Themes | Navajo Classificatory Themes | Navajo Classificatory Themes | Navajo Classificatory Themes | Navajo Classificatory Themes | Single object lies around (Handle stem) |
| Class | Examples | Handle | Propel | Moves | Moves | | Single object lies around (Handle stem) |
| SRO | generic | ∅-ʼĄ́ | ∅-NEʼ | l-TSʼID | l-TSʼID | siʼą́ |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate | ∅-LÁ | ł / ∅ -DÉÉL | ł / ∅ -DÉÉL | ł / ∅ -DÉÉL | silá |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ł-TSOOZ | ∅-ʼAH | ∅-NAʼ | ∅-NAʼ | siłtsooz |
| SSO | stick, pole | ∅-TĄ́ | ł-TʼEʼ | ∅-KĘ́Ę́Z | ∅-KĘ́Ę́Z | sitą́ |
| AnO | animate, doll | ł-TĮ́ | ł-TʼEʼ | ∅-GOʼ | ∅-TŁIZH | sitį́ |
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł / ł / ∅ -JOOL | ł / ł / ∅ -JOOL | ł / ł / ∅ -JOOL | ł / ł / ∅ -JOOL | shijool |
| MM | butter; frog | ∅-TŁÉÉʼ | ∅-TŁÉÉʼ | ł-YĘ́Ę́ZH | ł-YĘ́Ę́ZH | sitłééʼ |
| LPB | load, burden | ∅-YĮ́ | ∅-YĮ́ | ł-YĘ́Ę́ZH | ł-YĘ́Ę́ZH | siyį́ |
| PlO1 | severality | ∅-NIL | ∅-NIL | ni-∅ | -DEEʼ | sinil |
| PlO2 | profusion | ∅-JAAʼ | ł-KAAD | ∅-KAAD | | shijaaʼ |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container | ∅-KĄ́ | ł-KAAD | ∅-KAAD | ł-DÁÁZ | siką́ |
| Flat | toppled wall, blanket, bushes | — | — | — | — | sikaad |
| Bulk | boulder | ł-ZHÓÓD | — | l-ZHÓÓD | l-ZHÓÓD | shizhóód |
| Stream | liquid, sand, dust | ∅-ZIID | — | — | — | siziid |
| Navajo Positional Themes | Navajo Positional Themes | Navajo Positional Themes | Navajo Positional Themes | Navajo Positional Themes | Navajo Positional Themes | Navajo Positional Themes | Single object in position (Intrans. Neuter) |
| Position | Number of participants | Intransitive | Intransitive | Transitive | Transitive | Root | Single object in position (Intrans. Neuter) |
| Position | Number of participants | Active | Neuter | Active | Neuter | Root | Single object in position (Intrans. Neuter) |
| LIE | 1 | ni-∅- | ∅- | ni-ł- | ł- | -TĮ́ | sitį́ |
| LIE | 2 | ni-∅- | ∅- | ni-ł- | ł- | -TÉÉZH | shitéézh |
| LIE | 3+ | ni-∅- | ∅- | ni-ł- | ł- | -JÉÉʼ | shijééʼ |
| SIT | 1 | ni-∅- | ∅- | ni-ł- | ł- | -DÁ | sidá |
| SIT | 2 | ni-∅- | ∅- | ni-ł- | ł- | -KÉ | siké |
| SIT | 3+ | dini-∅ | hí-(-TĄ́) | dini-ł | — | -BIN | — |
| STAND | 1 | ni-∅- | ∅- | ni-ł- | ł- | -ZĮʼ | sizį́ |

### Noun

shijaaʼ
* my ear
    Shinááʼ, áchį́į́h, azééʼ, shijaaʼ. ― My eyes, my nose, my mouth, my ears.
    Shinááʼ áchį́į́h azééʼ shijaaʼ. ― My eyes and nose are in my mouth.

#### Inflection

| | singular | duoplural | plural |
| 1st person | shijaaʼ | nihijaaʼ | danihijaaʼ |
| 2nd person | nijaaʼ | nihijaaʼ | danihijaaʼ |
| 3rd person | bijaaʼ | bijaaʼ | bijaaʼ |
| 4th person (3o) | yijaaʼ | yijaaʼ | yijaaʼ |
| 4th person (3a) | hajaaʼ | hajaaʼ | hajaaʼ |
| Indefinite (3i) | ajaaʼ | ajaaʼ | ajaaʼ |