niigááh
Appearance
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ni- + -gááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -GAII, “to be hot”)
Verb
[edit]niigááh
- to become hot
- (intransitive) to hurt
References
[edit]- 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 667.