Navajo edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

bighájíchiiʼ

  1. it is translucent red (as a glass of red wine)

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only.

Related terms edit

See also edit