bikʼi nahagháhígíí

Etymology

bikʼi (“over, upon him/her”) + ho- (area) +‎ nahaghá (“he/she goes”) +‎ -h- (ligature) +‎ -ígíí (nominalizer)

Noun

bikʼi nahagháhígíí (plural bikʼindahagháhígíí)

  1. patient in a Navajo ceremony

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 208.
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