díłchʼil

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- (adjectival) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-chʼil (neuter perfective stem of root -CHʼIL, “plant”)

Verb[edit]

díłchʼil

  1. it (vegetation or some non-compact material) is dense, thick

Usage notes[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

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