bizáhóóchįįd

Etymology

bi- (third-person possessive prefix) + zá- (combining form of azééʼ (“mouth”)) + ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́◌́- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chįįd (perfective stem of root -CHĮĮD, “to nasty”)

Verb

bizáhóóchįįd

  1. he/she/they became profane, foul-mouthed
  2. he/she/they cursed, swore

Usage notes

This verb is used only in the perfective. For the imperfective equivalent, see bizáhóchįʼ.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 93
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