dinooltłʼizh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dini- (“approximate color”) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tłʼizh (neuter perfective stem of root -TŁʼIIZH, “to be blue, green”).
Verb
[edit]dinooltłʼizh
Usage notes
[edit]This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi).
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dineeshtłʼizh | diniiltłʼizh | dadiniiltłʼizh |
| 2nd person | dinííníltłʼizh | dinoołtłʼizh | dadinoołtłʼizh |
| 3rd person | dinooltłʼizh | dadinooltłʼizh | |
| 4th person | dizhnooltłʼizh | dazhdinooltłʼizh | |
Note: unlike other dini- adjectives of approximate color, dootłʼizh and dinooltłʼizh are conjugated in the perfective.
See also
[edit]| łigai | łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin) |
łizhin |
| łichííʼ | łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo); dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin) |
łitso (light yellow: diniltso); dinilgai |
| dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh |
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| dootłʼizhii | yágo dootłʼizh | dootłʼizh |
| diłhiłgo dootłʼizh | tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh | dinilchííʼ |