haashchiiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“climbing up”) + -si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).

Verb

haashchiiʼ

something red slopes upward; redness slopes upward

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation

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

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