Navajo edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

haashchiiʼ

  1. something red slopes upward; redness slopes upward

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.

Related terms edit