Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (oral) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-zheeh (imperfective stem of root -ZHÉÉʼ, “to spit”).

Verb edit

dizheeh

  1. he/she is spitting somewhere

Usage notes edit

This verb calls for an adverb or postpositional phrase describing the target of the action.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person disheeh diijeeh dadiijeeh
2nd person dízheeh dohsheeh dadohsheeh
3rd person dizheeh dadizheeh
4th person jidizheeh dazhdizheeh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person díízhééʼ diijééʼ dadiijééʼ
2nd person díínízhééʼ doozhééʼ dadoozhééʼ
3rd person díízhééʼ dadíízhééʼ
4th person jidíízhééʼ dazhdíízhééʼ