bighádzíbá
Navajo
editEtymology
editb- (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
editbighádzíbá
- it is translucent gray, muddy (as dirty water)
Usage notes
editThis verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only.
Related terms
editSee also
editCategories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with b- (indirect object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ghá- (postpositional)
- Navajo terms prefixed with dzi-
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with d- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (ni) aspect