haashchiiʼ
Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“climbing up”) + -si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).
Verb
haashchiiʼ
- something red slopes upward; redness slopes upward
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.