daastsʼin

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

da- (death, disjunct prefix) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-tsʼin (neuter perfective stem of root -TSʼĮĮD, “to be bony, hard”).

Verb[edit]

daastsʼin

  1. he/she/it is stiff with rigor mortis

Usage notes[edit]

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

Conjugation[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

daastsʼin

  1. rigor mortis