biʼniiyį́į́h

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yį́į́h (imperfective stem of root -YĮ́Į́ʼ, “to melt”)

Verb

biʼniiyį́į́h

  1. it starts to melt

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 720
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