bikʼiʼdiłtsįįh

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼi- (“on top of”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + -ł- (classifier) + -tsįįh (momentaneous stem of root -TSĄ́Ą́ʼ, “rain falls”)

Verb

bikʼiʼdiłtsįįh

  1. a raindrop falls, lands on him/her/it

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bikʼiʼdiłtsįįh
PERFECTIVE bikʼiʼdeestsą́ą́ʼ
FUTURE bikʼidiʼdoołtsįįł
ITERATIVE bikʼińʼdíłtsįįh
OPTATIVE bikʼiʼdółtsą́ą́ʼ

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 207.
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