hodiisxiih

== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + + -sxiih (transitional imperfective stem of the root -ZÍÍʼ, “to numb”). === Verb === hodiisxiih to get the willies, for one's flesh to crawl, for shivers to run down one's spine ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is always preceded by bikʼee (“on account of it”) and for it; however, the personal prefix of baa is variable, and is used to mark the subject of the verb. ==== Conjugation ==== === 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 453. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 752