bichaʼachʼííʼ

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== Navajo == === Etymology === bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -cha (imperfective stem of root -CHA, “to cry”) + ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼííʼ (neuter stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”) === Verb === bichaʼachʼííʼ he/she is a crybaby, is easily moved to tears ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅)? === 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 170. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 110