deesh-

Navajo

Etymology

From di- +‎ ee- (variant of yi-) +‎ sh-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tèːʃ-/

Prefix

deesh-

1. Marks a first person singular subject of a future mode verb

   ‎deesh- + ‎yideeł (“he/she is rushing at it”) → ‎deeshdił (“I will rush at it”)

See also

Navajo future mode subject markers

		singular	duoplural	plural
1st person		deesh-	dii(d)-	dadii(d)-
2nd person		díí-	doo(h)-	dadoo(h)-
3rd person		doo-		dadoo-
4th person		jidoo-		dazhdoo-
impersonal		ʼadoo-		—
areal/spatial		hodoo-		—