bizáhóchįʼ
Navajo
Etymology
bi- (third-person possessive prefix) + zá- (combining form of azééʼ (“mouth”)) + ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chįʼ (neuter imperfective stem of root -CHĮĮD, “to nasty”)
Verb
bizáhóchįʼ
- he/she curses and swears
- he/she is foul-mouthed
Usage notes
This verb is used only in the neuter imperfective. For the perfective equivalent, see bizáhóóchįįd.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).
This verb is conjugated for person by inflecting the possessive suffix.
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sizáhóchįʼ | nihizáhóchįʼ | danihizáhóchįʼ |
| 2nd person | nizáhóchįʼ | nihizáhóchįʼ | danihizáhóchįʼ |
| 3rd person | bizáhóchįʼ | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yizáhóchįʼ | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hazáhóchįʼ | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | azáhóchįʼ | ||
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 261.
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 94