bighádzígai
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]b- (thematic) + -ghá- (“through”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).
Verb
[edit]bighádzígai
- it is translucent white (as a thin cloud)
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]Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with b- (thematic)
- 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 -GAII (white)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (ni) aspect