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Navajo
Etymology
di- (“sensory”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼííʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”)
Verb
díchʼííʼ
- it is hot, spicy, piquant, bitter
- it smarts
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only.
Derived terms