deesdoi

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + -si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -doi (neuter perfective stem of root -DOII, “to be hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tèːstòɪ̀/

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Verb

deesdoi

1. it (the weather) is hot

   Shił deesdoi ― I’m hot.

   Nihił deesdoi ― We (2) are hot.

   Nihił dadeesdoi ― We (3+) are hot.

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.