bikʼíhoochįįł

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼí- (“straight”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chįįł (progressive stem of root -CHĄĄʼ, “to defecate”)

Verb

bikʼíhoochįįł

  1. to be in the process of being covered with silt, sand, soil, etc.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), third person only

This verb has no other forms.

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 206.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 76
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