bichaaʼ

Etymology

From the noun stem chaaʼ (“beaver”),[1] from Proto-Athabaskan *c̆aʼ (“beaver”).[2]

Verb

bichaaʼ

  1. to be big, huge, corpulent

Conjugation

Forms of bichaaʼ
singular duoplural plural
1st person shichaaʼ nihichaaʼ danihichaaʼ
2nd person nichaaʼ nihichaaʼ danihichaaʼ
3rd person bichaaʼ
4th person (3o) yichaaʼ
4th person (3a) hachaaʼ
Indefinite (3i) achaaʼ

References

  1. ^ Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
  2. ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 94
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