biʼniilkʼááh in Navajo

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Etymology: bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kʼááh (momentaneous stem of root -KʼAII, “to be fat”) Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|bi|a}} bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix), {{nv-prefix|ʼnii}} -ʼnii- (“inchoative”), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|l}} -l- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|bi|ʼnii|3s|l}} bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-kʼááh</i>}} -kʼááh, {{nv-link-to-stem|-kʼááh|momentaneous}} + -kʼááh (momentaneous stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-KʼAII</i>}} -KʼAII, {{nv-link-to-root|-KʼAII|fat|to be fat}} root -KʼAII, “to be fat”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} biʼniilkʼááh, {{nv-verb}} biʼniilkʼááh Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shiʼniilkʼááh [first-person, imperfective, singular], nihiʼniilkʼááh [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], danihiʼniilkʼááh [first-person, imperfective, plural], niʼniilkʼááh [imperfective, second-person, singular], nihiʼniilkʼááh [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], danihiʼniilkʼááh [imperfective, plural, second-person], biʼniilkʼááh [imperfective, third-person], yiʼniilkʼááh [fourth-person, imperfective], haʼniilkʼááh [fourth-person, imperfective], aʼniilkʼááh [imperfective, indefinite]

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "bi",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ʼnii"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼnii- (“inchoative”)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
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        "1": "3s"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-kʼááh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-kʼááh",
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        "1": "-kʼááh",
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      },
      "expansion": "+ -kʼááh (momentaneous stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-KʼAII</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-KʼAII",
      "name": "nowrap"
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        "2": "fat",
        "3": "to be fat"
      },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "l-self",
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      "form": "shiʼniilkʼááh",
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        "singular"
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        "imperfective"
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    {
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        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niʼniilkʼááh",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "nihiʼniilkʼááh",
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        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "danihiʼniilkʼááh",
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        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "biʼniilkʼááh",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "yiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
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          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAII (fat)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "glosses": [
        "to start to gain weight, start to get fat"
      ],
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        [
          "gain",
          "gain"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-KʼAII</i>"
      },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "nihiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aʼniilkʼááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "biʼniilkʼááh",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "biʼniilkʼááh",
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        "Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼnii-",
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      "glosses": [
        "to start to gain weight, start to get fat"
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          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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"biʼniilkʼááh" meaning in Navajo

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