hodiłhił
Navajo
Etymology
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“color”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yił (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “be dark”)
The initial y of the stem assimilates to h after the classifier -ł-.
Verb
hodiłhił
- the area is dark, dark colored
Usage notes
This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only