bichįįh

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chįįh (durative imperfective stem of root -CHĮĮD, “to be hopeless”)

Verb

bichįįh

  1. to become hopeless, critical (of a situation)
    Dichin bikʼee doo bííchįįd da
    The situation became critical because of famine

Usage notes

Always appears between the negatives doo and da

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE doo bichįįh da
PERFECTIVE doo bííchįįd da

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 94
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