bikʼíhoochįįh

Etymology

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

Verb

bikʼíhoochįįh

  1. to get covered with silt

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bikʼíhoochįįh
PERFECTIVE bikʼíhoozhchąąʼ
FUTURE bikʼíhwiidoochįįł
ITERATIVE bikʼínáhoochįįh
OPTATIVE bikʼíhoochįįh

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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