dibah
Navajo
Etymology
di- (adjectival) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -bah (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAH, “to be powdery”).
Verb
dibah
- it is powdery, powdered, finely ground
- abeʼ dibahí ― powdered milk
- akʼáán dibahí ― ground flour
- gohwééh dibahí ― ground coffee
- yas dibahí ― powdery snow
- dibahgo íílééh ― to pulverize
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (Ø), third person only.
Antonyms
- dichʼíízh (“coarse”)