dikʼǫsh

Navajo

Etymology

di- (“sensory”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼǫsh (imperfective stem of root -KʼǪSH, “to be sour, spoiled”).

Verb

dikʼǫsh

1. (imperfective) it spoils, it turns sour
2. (perfective) it is spoiled, rotten, soured

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	dikʼǫsh
PERFECTIVE	dííkʼǫsh
FUTURE	didookʼǫsh

Related terms

• díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh (ni-perfective neuter)