bikiin

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kiin (neuter stem of root -KIIN, “to sustain”)

Verb

bikiin

  1. to live on it, get sustenance from it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter/Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bikiin
PERFECTIVE bííkiin
FUTURE bidookįįł
ITERATIVE nábíkįįh
OPTATIVE bókįįł

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 199.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 328
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