diłhił

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

diłhił

  1. he/she/it is dark, jet black
  2. it is blood red
Usage notes[edit]

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

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

root -YIL, “be dizzy”).

Verb[edit]

diłhił

  1. it causes dizziness
Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Western Apache[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

diłhił

  1. black

Verb[edit]

diłhił

  1. be black

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