yichih
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]yi- (progressive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”)
Verb
[edit]yichih
- it (something red and barely discernable) is moving along
Related terms
[edit]- deeshchiiʼ
- dinilchííʼ
- haachiiʼ
- haashchiiʼ
- kʼíjíchiiʼ
- łichííʼ
- łichxííʼ
- naachiih
- naashchiiʼ
- náshchiiʼ
- yichííh
- yiichííh
- yiyiiłchííh
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 757.