biʼniitííh

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tííh (imperfective stem of root -TIH, “to be old”)

Verb

biʼniitííh

  1. to start to grow old, begin to wear out

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅)

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE biʼniitííh
PERFECTIVE biʼniitih

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 504
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