bidáhonooní

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -dá- (“blocking”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ní (neuter perfective stem of root -NIID, “to desire”). Literally, “his/her mind is blocked by desire”.

Verb

bidáhonooní

  1. to be popular, desired, sought after

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bidáhonooní
PERFECTIVE bidáhonééniid
FUTURE bidáhodínóoniił
ITERATIVE bidánáhonooniih
OPTATIVE bidáhonooniih

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 175.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 450
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