bikʼéézdiiłiʼ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “bikʼééz- is partially from bikʼi- 'on it,' but where do the high tone and z come from?”)

From + -liʼ (repetitive stem of root -LID, “to burn”).

Verb

bikʼéézdiiłiʼ

  1. it (a light) flashes, blinks

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅), third person only This verb is conjugated only in the imperfective mode and has no other forms.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 370
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