biʼniilííd
Navajo
Etymology
bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lííd (momentaneous stem of root -LID, “to burn”)
Verb
biʼniilííd
- it starts to smoke
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅), third person only
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | biʼniilííd |
| PERFECTIVE | biʼniilid |
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 370