Navajo edit

Etymology edit

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ghá- (through) + -ní- (ni-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-lį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -LĮ́, “to flow”).

Verb edit

bighánílį́

  1. it flows through it (as water through pipes)

Usage notes edit

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only, with da-shift.

PERFECTIVE singular plural dist. plural
3rd person bighánílį́ bighádaazlį́

Derived terms edit

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