Navajo edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

kʼíjíjin

  1. it has black tips, is black-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.

Related terms edit