The word native can be an adjective, with several related meanings:
- traditional by heritage or birth (native land)
- originating in a location or region (native plants)
- inborn (native intelligence)
- unaltered (native beauty)
Native-born is an adjective.
Native is an adjective and a noun. Adjective: Belonging to one by birth. Noun: One who is native to a place.
It can be (as in native language, native intelligence). It can also be a noun for a person native to a place or country.
Adjective
Yes, native is a noun. It can be a noun or an adjective. "They were native to the country"
The proper adjective form for Navajo is Navajo, as in Navajo Nation, Navajo people, Navajo history, Navajo art, etc. An example sentence: We visited the Navajo display at the museum to see the Navajo jewelry.
No, native is either a noun or an adjective. The adverb form is natively.
You use it as an adjective. For example, "My native homeland is Spain."
adjective or it could be a noun
Yes, "Native American" is a proper adjective for indigenous peoples of America.
Yes, "indigenous" is an adjective that describes something or someone that is native or original to a particular place or region.
Mexican is the proper adjective for Mexico. It is also the noun (demonym) for a native or resident of Mexico. In Spanish, the adjective form is mexicano and is not capitalized.