bikʼídiitas

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼí- (“onto”) + -di- (extension) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tas (semelfactive stem of root -TAAZ, “to bend”)

Verb

bikʼídiitas

  1. it (subject) gets tangled up or snarled in it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (∅/si), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bikʼídiitas
PERFECTIVE bikʼídeestas

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 493
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