dzígai

Navajo

Etymology

dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb

dzígai

1. a white strip or streak extends away into the distance

Conjugation

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

Noun

dzígai

1. plain, prairie, flatland

Derived terms

• tʼáá dzígaidi