habiʼdikaał

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼadi- (agentive passive object) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, passive) + -kaał (momentaneous stem of root -KAL, “to chop”)

Verb

habiʼdikaał

  1. to be wounded or grazed (by a projectile)

Conjugation

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

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 503.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 311
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