bigháłʼeeł

Etymology

bighá- (through it) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼeeł (momentaneous stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”)

Verb

bigháłʼeeł

  1. moisture soaks through it, penetrates it
  2. it (a roof) leaks

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bigháłʼeeł
PERFECTIVE bigháníłʼééł

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 187
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