-d-
Navajo
Etymology
Proto-Athabaskan *də- (valency decrease), from Proto-Na-Dene *də- (signaling valency decrease); cognate with Haida -d-, Eyak -d-, and Tlingit -d- (reflexive suffix).
Prefix
-d-
- The -d- classifier or valence-change prefix, a detransitivizing prefix of active verbs that modifies the transitivity or valence and grammatical voice of a verb, occurs in most passive, mediopassive, reflexive, and reciprocal verbs that are derived from verbs with a -Ø- classifier. It produces the agentive passive verb forms.
- -d- + yizéés (“he's singeing it”) → yidéés (“it's being singed”)
See also
- -l-
- -ł-
- Ø