bihonitih

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tih (momentaneous stem of root -TIH, “to be tight, squeezed”)

Verb

bihonitih

  1. it becomes tight, snug, stuck, tightly wedged

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 504
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