Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ho- (space, area, things) + -di- (adjectival) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-chʼil (neuter perfective stem of root -CHʼIL, “plant”)

Verb edit

hodíłchʼil

  1. an area is dense
  2. an area is densely forested, jungle

Conjugation edit

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

Derived terms edit

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