biʼniibéézh

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -béézh (momentaneous stem of root -BÉÉZH, “to boil”)

Verb

biʼniibéézh

  1. it starts to boil

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅)

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE biʼniibéézh
PERFECTIVE biʼniibéézh

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 64
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