Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-dzííd (imperfective stem of root -DZID, “to rot”).

Verb edit

diłdzííd

  1. it is rotting, decaying

Usage notes edit

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE diłdzííd
PERFECTIVE dííłdzid
FUTURE didoołdził