bichaʼachʼííʼ

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -cha (imperfective stem of root -CHA, “to cry”) + ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼííʼ (neuter stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”)

Verb

bichaʼachʼííʼ

  1. he/she is a crybaby, is easily moved to tears

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅)?

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 170.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 110
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