haashchiiʼ

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ha- (climbing up) + -si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).

Verb[edit]

haashchiiʼ

  1. something red slopes upward; redness slopes upward

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]