diitłʼíísh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- (color) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tłʼíísh (imperfective stem of root -TŁʼIIZH, “to be blue, green”).

Verb[edit]

diitłʼíísh

  1. he/she is turning green or blue
  2. second-person singular imperfective of diitłʼíísh
  3. first-person dual imperfective of diitłʼíísh

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diishtłʼíísh diitłʼíísh dadiitłʼíísh
2nd person diitłʼíísh doohtłʼíísh dadoohtłʼíísh
3rd person diitłʼíísh dadiitłʼíísh
4th person jidiitłʼíísh dazhdiitłʼíísh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diitłʼiizh diitłʼiizh dadiitłʼiizh
2nd person dinitłʼiizh dootłʼiizh dadootłʼiizh
3rd person diitłʼiizh dadiitłʼiizh
4th person jidiitłʼiizh dazhdiitłʼiizh