chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí
Navajo
Etymology
chǫ́ǫ́ʼí (“spoiled, ruined”) + -x- (emphatic infix), a truncation of nichǫ́ǫ́ʼí (“to be ugly, filthy, worn out”) (from the root -CHXǪʼ, “to ruin”), with emphatic infix -x-.
Verb
chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí
- to be ugly
- to be filthy
- to be worn out, used
- ééʼ chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí ― used clothing
Related terms
- chxǫ́ǫ́h
- naachxǫʼ
- nichǫ́ǫ́ʼí
- yiłchǫǫh
- yiłchxǫǫh