Navajo edit

Etymology edit

kʼí- (tipped) + -dzi- (away into distance) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-chiiʼ (imperfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).

Verb edit

kʼíjíchiiʼ

  1. it has red tips, is red-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.

Related terms edit