daastsʼin
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
- 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