kʼídzígai

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

kʼí- (“tipped”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb edit

kʼídzígai

it has white tips, is white-tipped

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation edit

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