hoołchʼííh

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -chʼííh (transitional stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”)

Verb

hoołchʼííh

  1. an area burns, smarts, becomes sore or inflamed
    bidáyiʼ hoołchʼííh
    he gets a sore throat

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hoołchʼííh
PERFECTIVE hoołchʼííʼ

References

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