díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh

di- (“sensory”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼǫ́ǫ́zh (neuter perfective stem of root -KʼǪSH, “to be sour, spoiled”).

díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh

1. it is sour, alkaline, salty

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

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

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

• tsé díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh (“alum”)

• dikʼǫsh (corresponding active verb)
• dííkʼǫsh (“yeast”)