deezʼá

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tèːzʔɑ́/

Etymology

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

Verb

deezʼá

1. 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

1. bluff (rock formation)