diilkos

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

diilkos

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

Conjugation

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