Talk:kʼídzígai

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It is actually not clear to me whether this neuter verb is perfective or imperfective, but imperfective seems more likely to me. Input is welcome. Ewweisser (talk) 21:47, 23 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

It is perfective, as can be seen from other neuter verbs about white things, either as yi, ni, or si perfective :
  • yi: adzoogai
  • si: deesgai, haasgai
  • ni: dzígai...
(Only the ł- bases are considered imperfective : łigai, algai, dzigai..)
Also, the classifier is d-, as evidenced by the -oo- vowel of adzoogai or the -í- vowel of dzígai. A Ø classifier would have shown a -íí- or a -ní-. Julien Daux (talk) 01:58, 22 October 2016 (UTC)Reply