daastsʼin

Navajo

Etymology

da- (“death”, disjunct prefix) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tsʼin (neuter perfective stem of root -TSʼĮĮD, “to be bony, hard”).

Verb

daastsʼin

he/she/it is stiff with rigor mortis

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Conjugation

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

Noun