bighájíchiiʼ
Navajo
Etymology
b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ghá- (“through” ) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).
Verb
bighájíchiiʼ
- it is translucent red (as a glass of red wine)
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
- łichííʼ
See also
- bighádzítso
- bighádzideetłʼizh
- bighádzíbá
- bighádzígai