biʼniitʼees

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼees (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -TʼÉ, “to cook — intransitive”)

Verb

biʼniitʼees

  1. it starts to cook

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE biʼniitʼees
PERFECTIVE biʼniitʼé
FUTURE bidíʻnóotʼis
ITERATIVE bináʼniitʼis
OPTATIVE biʼnootʼees

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 220.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 536
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