"bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ" meaning in Navajo

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Verb

Etymology: bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼi- (“on top of”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -si- (modal) + -ł- (classifier) + -chʼííʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”) Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|bi|a}} bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix), {{nv-prefix|kʼi-}} -kʼi- (“on top of”), {{nv-prefix|a}} -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|si}} -si- (modal), {{nv-prefix|ł}} -ł- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|bi|kʼi-|a|si|ł}} bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -kʼi- (“on top of”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -si- (modal) + -ł- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-chʼííʼ</i>}} -chʼííʼ, {{nv-link-to-stem|-chʼííʼ|neuter perfective}} + -chʼííʼ (neuter perfective stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-CHʼÍÍʼ</i>}} -CHʼÍÍʼ, {{nv-link-to-root|-CHʼÍÍʼ|burn}} root -CHʼÍÍʼ, “to burn”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ, {{nv-verb}} bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ
  1. it is acerbic, sharp, stinging
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This (icy) wind really stings",
          "text": "Níyol ayóo bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ",
          "translation": "This (icy) wind really stings",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is acerbic, sharp, stinging"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "acerbic",
          "acerbic"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "stinging",
          "stinging"
        ]
      ]
    }
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        "Navajo terms prefixed with kʼi- (postpositional)",
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        "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
        "Navajo terms with usage examples",
        "Navajo verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This (icy) wind really stings",
          "text": "Níyol ayóo bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ",
          "translation": "This (icy) wind really stings",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is acerbic, sharp, stinging"
      ],
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        [
          "acerbic",
          "acerbic"
        ],
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          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "stinging",
          "stinging"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ"
}

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