haasgai

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ha- (climbing up) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb[edit]

haasgai

  1. whiteness slopes up, a white slope rises

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 (si), third person only.