bighádzíbá

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ghá- (through) + -dzi- (away into distance) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb[edit]

bighádzíbá

  1. it is translucent gray, muddy (as dirty water)

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.

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