daastsʼin

Etymology

da- (“death”, disjunct prefix) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tsʼin (neuter perfective stem of root -TSʼĮĮD, “to be bony, hard”).

Verb

daastsʼin

  1. he/she/it is stiff with rigor mortis

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

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

See also

Noun

daastsʼin

  1. rigor mortis

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 637
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