Navajo edit

Etymology edit

dini- (approximate color) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-bá (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dinilbá

  1. it is light gray, grayish

Usage notes edit

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

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person dinishbá diniilbá dadiniilbá
2nd person dinílbá dinołbá dadinołbá
3rd person dinilbá dadinilbá
4th person dizhnilbá dazhdinilbá

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