diłhił

Navajo

Etymology 1

di- (“color”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yił (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”).

Verb

diłhił

1. he/she/it is dark, jet black
2. it is blood red

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dinishhił	diniilyił	dadiniilyił
2nd person	diníłhił	dinołhił	dadinołhił
3rd person	diłhił		dadiłhił
4th person	jidiłhił		dazhdiłhił
Other forms
Unspecified person	Spatial person	Passive A	Passive B
—	hodiłhił	—	—

Note: Unlike other adjectives of color, diłhił takes a -ł- classifier and deletes ni- in the 3rd person, like other non-color di-adjectives do (see i.e. dijool).

Derived terms

• yádiłhił

Etymology 2

root -YIL, “be dizzy”).

Verb

diłhił

1. it causes dizziness

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.

Derived terms

• tódiłhił

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Western Apache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɪ̀ɬhɪ̀ɬ]

Noun

diłhił

1. black

Verb

diłhił

1. be black

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.