hodootłʼizh

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“color”) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tłʼizh (neuter perfective stem of root -TŁʼIIZH, “be blue, green”)

Verb

hodootłʼizh

1. the area is turquoise, green, blue

Usage notes

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

Related terms

• dootłʼizh