haajin

== Navajo == === Etymology === ha- (“up out”) + -yi- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -zhin (neuter perfective stem of root -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ, “to be black”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑ̀ːt͡ʃɪ̀n/ === Verb === haajin there is a black outcropping or patch of it (on the mountainside) Dził bąąh łeezh łizhiní haajin. ― There is a patch of black soil on the mountainside. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is limited to expression in the third person. This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only, with da-shift.