See di- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "dilwosh",
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},
{
"english": "to belch",
"text": "disééh",
"type": "example"
},
{
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"text": "yidiitsʼį́į́h",
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"type": "example"
}
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"english": "to uncover it by digging",
"text": "yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd",
"type": "example"
},
{
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"text": "bidizóóh",
"type": "example"
}
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{
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"text": "yidiséí",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "from end to end",
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},
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{
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"text": "dah diighááh",
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}
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"english": "he will go",
"text": "doogááł",
"type": "example"
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{
"english": "he will start to go",
"text": "didoogááł",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "he will start off",
"text": "dah didoogááł",
"type": "example"
}
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"Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-."
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"english": "spherical, chubby",
"text": "dijool",
"type": "example"
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"Forms a number of neuter adjectivals."
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"text": "yishchʼid",
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{
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},
{
"english": "I'm scratching myself",
"text": "ádíshchʼid",
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{
"english": "I'm scratching myself again",
"text": "ánáádíshchʼid",
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}
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"english": "to uncover it by digging",
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"type": "example"
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{
"english": "to subtract it",
"text": "bidizóóh",
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}
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{
"english": "to plant it",
"text": "kʼiidilé",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to crumble it",
"text": "yidiséí",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "from end to end",
"text": "hadii-",
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},
{
"text": "díní- (prolongative)"
},
{
"text": "tádi- (diversative)"
},
{
"english": "to exhaustion",
"text": "bibadi-",
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],
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{
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"text": "didoogááł",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "he will start off",
"text": "dah didoogááł",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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{
"english": "I'm scratching you",
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},
{
"english": "I'm scratching myself",
"text": "ádíshchʼid",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I'm scratching myself again",
"text": "ánáádíshchʼid",
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}
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],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for di- meaning in Navajo (6.1kB)
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