deeshjin

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (extension) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -zhin (neuter perfective stem of root -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ, “to be black”).

Verb edit

deeshjin

a black ridge extends to a point

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation edit

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