haachiiʼ

Etymology

ha- (up out) + -yi- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑ̀ːt͡ʃʰìːʔ/

Verb

haachiiʼ

  1. there is a red outcropping or patch of it (on the mountainside)
    Dził bąąh łeezh łichíʼí haachiiʼ.There is a patch of red clay on the mountainside.

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 (yi), third person only, with da-shift.

perfective singular plural dist. plural
3rd person haachiiʼ hadaashchiiʼ