hodootłʼizh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

hodootłʼizh

  1. the area is turquoise, green, blue

Usage notes[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

Related terms[edit]