bináháshchʼííʼ

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ná- (around) + -ho- (space, area, things) + -si- (modal) + -ł- (classifier)-chʼííʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”)

Verb

bináháshchʼííʼ

  1. he/she is irritable, ill-humored

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 110