deesdoi
Navajo
Etymology
di- (inceptive) + -si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -doi (neuter perfective stem of root -DOII, “to be hot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tèːstòɪ̀/
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Verb
deesdoi
- it (the weather) is hot
- Shił deesdoi ― I’m hot.
- Nihił deesdoi ― We (2) are hot.
- Nihił dadeesdoi ― We (3+) are hot.
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.