daastsʼin

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

daastsʼin

he/she/it is stiff with rigor mortis

Usage notes edit

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

Conjugation edit

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

Noun edit