diilkos

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- (oral) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-kos (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -KÉÉZ, “to cough”).

Verb[edit]

diilkos

  1. he/she/it is coughing once, lets out a cough

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diiskos diilkos dadiilkos
2nd person diilkos doołkos dadoołkos
3rd person diilkos dadiilkos
4th person jidiilkos dazhdiilkos
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person déskos deelkos dadeelkos
2nd person dínílkos disoołkos dadisoołkos
3rd person deeskos dadeeskos
4th person jideeskos dazhdeeskos