Navajo edit

Etymology edit

hił (day, incorporated noun) + yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-zhį́į́h (imperfective stem of root -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ, “to be black”).

Verb edit

hiłiijį́į́h

  1. it is becoming dusk, it is getting dark outside

Usage notes edit

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation edit

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hiłiijį́į́h
PERFECTIVE hiłiijį́į́'
FUTURE hiłidoojį́į́ł
ITERATIVE náhiłiijį́į́h
OPTATIVE hiłoojį́į́h