Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ha- (climbing up) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb edit

haasgai

  1. whiteness slopes up, a white slope rises

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation edit

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