diłhił
Navajo
editEtymology 1
editdi- (“color”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yił (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”).
Verb
editdiłhił
Usage notes
editThis is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | dinishhił | diniilyił | dadiniilyił |
2nd person | diníłhił | dinołhił | dadinołhił |
3rd person | diłhił | dadiłhił | |
4th person | jidiłhił | dazhdiłhił | |
Other forms | |||
Unspecified person | Spatial person | Passive A | Passive B |
— | hodiłhił | — | — |
Note: Unlike other adjectives of color, diłhił takes a -ł- classifier and deletes ni- in the 3rd person, like other non-color di-adjectives do (see i.e. dijool).
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editroot -YIL, “be dizzy”).
Verb
editdiłhił
- it causes dizziness
Usage notes
editThis is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.
Derived terms
editWestern Apache
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdiłhił
Verb
editdiłhił
- be black
References
edit- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with di-
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -YÉÉL (dark)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (ni) aspect
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -YIL (stupified)
- nv:Colors
- Western Apache terms with IPA pronunciation
- Western Apache lemmas
- Western Apache nouns
- Western Apache verbs
- apw:Colors