Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (downward) + -yi- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-jin (neuter perfective stem of root -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ, “to be black”).

Verb edit

naajin

  1. there is a descending black line or strip

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation edit

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