bigháʼíjííł

Etymology

bighá- (through it) + -ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jííł (momentaneous stem of root -JIL, “to stick out”)

Verb

bigháʼíjííł

  1. to get a puncture, be punctured (as a tire with a nail in it)
  2. (in the distributive plural) to be pierced by multiple objects; (of one's stomach) to have a cramp

Conjugation

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

Singular/duoplural:

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bigháʼíjííł
PERFECTIVE bigháʼníjil

Distributive plural:

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bighádaʼajííł
PERFECTIVE bighádaʼazhjil

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 273
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