bélchʼil

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (“against, reaching”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chʼil (conative stem of root -CHʼIL, “to curl”)

Verb

bélchʼil

  1. it peels or flakes off of something

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 107
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