bikʼidiilkǫǫh

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼi- (“on top of”) + -di- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kǫǫh (transitional stem of root -KǪʼ, “to smooth”)

Verb

bikʼidiilkǫǫh

  1. it (bi-) is covered by a layer of something (∅-)

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bikʼidiilkǫǫh
PERFECTIVE bikʼidiilkǫʼ

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 330
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