deezʼá

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + -si- (modal) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”).

Verb

deezʼá

it extends, it lies, it sticks (such as an elongated ridge, bluff, a mountain, a pole, the lines of a polygon, or other slender stiff objects [SFO]) .
Táaʼgo deezʼá. ― It is three-pointed, it is triangular.

Conjugation

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

Related terms

yideesʼá

Noun

deezʼá

bluff (rock formation)

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