kʼídzíbá

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

kʼí- (“tipped”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb edit

kʼídzíbá

it has gray tips, is gray-tipped

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective stem.

Conjugation edit

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