hodilid

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“fire”) + -lid (imperfective stem of root -LID, “to burn”).

Verb

hodilid

1. to burn, burn up (an area)
2. to have heartburn

Usage notes

• To indicate who has heartburn, the possessive forms of biyiʼ (“in him/her/it”) are used: shiyiʼ hodilid "I have heartburn"

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 451.