diʼil

Navajo

Etymology

di- (adjectival) + -Ø- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -ʼil (neuter imperfective stem of root -ʼIL, “to be hairy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪ̀ʔɪ̀l/

Verb

diʼil

it is hairy (such as an angora goat)

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dinishʼil	diniitʼil	dadiniitʼil
2nd person	diníʼil	dinohʼil	dadinohʼil
3rd person	diʼil		dadiʼil
4th person	jidiʼil		dazhdiʼil

Synonyms

ditsʼoz

Derived terms

Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ bisóodi diʼilígíí (“peccary”)

Western Apache

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪ̀ʔɪ̀l/

Adjective

diʼil

paralyzed

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.