binááchʼih

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ná- (around) + -yi- (progressive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-chʼih (progressive stem of root -CHʼI, “to blow”)

Verb

binááchʼih

  1. a breeze is blowing around it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), 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 104