haasgai

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“climbing up”) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb

haasgai

1. whiteness slopes up, a white slope rises

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation

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