biʼniigan

Etymology

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

Verb

biʼniigan

  1. to start to dry up or wither away
  2. to become skinny or emaciated

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE biʼniigan
PERFECTIVE biʼniigan

References

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