dzígai

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb edit

dzígai

a white strip or streak extends away into the distance

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only.

Noun edit

dzígai

plain, prairie, flatland

Derived terms edit

tʼáá dzígaidi