Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-yéés (imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to move with a turning motion”).

Verb edit

diyéés

  1. it starts to sliding along (as a boulder)

Conjugation edit

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE diyéés
PERFECTIVE deezyiz
FUTURE didooyis

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