yichih

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”)

Verb

yichih

  1. it (something red and barely discernable) is moving along

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 757.
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