bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼi- (“on top of”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -si- (modal) + -ł- (classifier) + -chʼííʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”)

Verb

bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ

  1. it is acerbic, sharp, stinging
    Níyol ayóo bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ
    This (icy) wind really stings

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

This verb has no other forms.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 110
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