diitííh

Navajo

Etymology

di- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tííh (transitional stem of root -TIH, “to grow old”).

Verb

diitííh

1. (with baa) he/she gets too old for something

   Óltaʼ baa diitih. ― He is too old for school.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	diishtííh	diitííh	dadiitííh
2nd person	diitííh	doohtííh	dadoohtííh
3rd person	diitííh		dadiitííh
4th person	jidiitííh		dazhdiitííh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	diitih	diitih	dadiitih
2nd person	dinitih	dootih	dadootih
3rd person	diitih		dadiitih
4th person	jidiitih		dazhdiitih

Related terms

• haatih
• haastih

See also

• hastiin