hodiłhił
Navajo
editEtymology
editho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“color”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yił (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “be dark”)
The initial y of the stem assimilates to h after the classifier -ł-.
Verb
edithodiłhił
- the area is dark, dark colored
Usage notes
editThis verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only
Related terms
editCategories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with ho/ha- (object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with di-
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -YÉÉL (dark)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (ni) aspect