bighádzíbá
Navajo
Etymology
b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ghá- (“through” ) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).
Verb
bighádzíbá
- it is translucent gray, muddy (as dirty water)
Usage notes
This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only.
Related terms
- łibá
See also
- bighájíchiiʼ
- bighádzítso
- bighádzideetłʼizh
- bighádzígai