bijiiʼ

Wailaki

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-dʒʷeˑy-əɁ (“heart”), with the third-person possessive prefix bi-.

Noun

bijiiʼ

  1. (one's) heart

Usage notes

  • Although this noun contains the possessive prefix bi- and the possessed noun suffix -ʼ, it is not attested as a possessed noun.

References

  • Begay, Kayla Rae (2017), Wailaki Grammar, University of California, Berkeley, page 220
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