diłhił
Navajo
Etymology 1
di- (“color”) + -Ø- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yił (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”).
Verb
diłhił
- he/she/it is dark, jet black
- it is blood red
Usage notes
This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dinishhił | diniilyił | dadiniilyił |
| 2nd person | diníłhił | dinołhił | dadinołhił |
| 3rd person | diłhił | dadiłhił | |
| 4th person | jidiłhił | dazhdiłhił | |
| Unspecified | — | Passive A | Passive B |
| Spatial | hodiłhił | — | — |
Note: Unlike other adjectives of color, diłhił takes a -ł- classifier and deletes ni- in the 3rd person, like other non-color di-adjectives do (see i.e. dijool).
Derived terms
- yádiłhił
Etymology 2
root -YIL, “be dizzy”).
Verb
diłhił
- it causes dizziness
Usage notes
This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.
Derived terms
- tódiłhił
Western Apache
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɪ̀ɬhɪ̀ɬ]
Noun
diłhił
- black
Verb
diłhił
- be black
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.