"iichʼąh" meaning in Navajo

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Adverb

Etymology: ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”). From the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire. Etymology templates: {{m|nv|ʼa-|pos=unspecified person object prefix}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|a|a}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{m|nv|yi-|pos=semelfactive}} yi- (semelfactive), {{nv-prefix|yi-semel}} -yi- (semelfactive), {{m|nv|-∅-|pos=3rd person subject prefix}} -∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s}} -∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{m|nv|∅-|pos=classifier}} ∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|a|yi-semel|3s|-}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{m|nv|-chʼąh}} -chʼąh, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-chʼąh</i>}} -chʼąh, {{nv-link-to-stem|-chʼąh|semelfactive}} + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of, {{m|nv|-CHʼĄH}} -CHʼĄH, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-CHʼĄH</i>}} -CHʼĄH, {{nv-link-to-root|-CHʼĄH|seizure|to have seizure}} root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”) Head templates: {{head|nv|adverb}} iichʼąh
  1. amok
    Sense id: en-iichʼąh-nv-adv-QmgAVcxJ

Noun

Etymology: ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”). From the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire. Etymology templates: {{m|nv|ʼa-|pos=unspecified person object prefix}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|a|a}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{m|nv|yi-|pos=semelfactive}} yi- (semelfactive), {{nv-prefix|yi-semel}} -yi- (semelfactive), {{m|nv|-∅-|pos=3rd person subject prefix}} -∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s}} -∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{m|nv|∅-|pos=classifier}} ∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|a|yi-semel|3s|-}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{m|nv|-chʼąh}} -chʼąh, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-chʼąh</i>}} -chʼąh, {{nv-link-to-stem|-chʼąh|semelfactive}} + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of, {{m|nv|-CHʼĄH}} -CHʼĄH, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-CHʼĄH</i>}} -CHʼĄH, {{nv-link-to-root|-CHʼĄH|seizure|to have seizure}} root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} iichʼąh
  1. a fit, seizure, epileptic seizure
    Sense id: en-iichʼąh-nv-noun-F6P8sv0f
  2. iich'aa, an epileptiform, psychosomatic illness found among the Navajo people, characterised by nervousness, loss of self-control, convulsions, self-destructive behavior, and fits of violence and rage, and often accompanied by the belief that parts of the body are shrinking (associated with violating the taboo against incest and supposedly caused by the growth of a moth in the cranial cavity. The affected person is cured in a ceremony called the "Mothway" (iichʼąhjí, no longer performed), in which he vomits to get rid of the creature.)
    Sense id: en-iichʼąh-nv-noun-7INqzXR6 Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄH (seizure), Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts, Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (semelfactive), Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object), Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier), Navajo verbs in the semelfactive (yii/si) aspect Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 55 35 2 Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄH (seizure): 5 24 48 5 18 Disambiguation of Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts: 6 6 64 22 3 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (semelfactive): 9 8 69 9 5 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object): 9 8 70 9 4 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier): 9 8 69 9 5 Disambiguation of Navajo verbs in the semelfactive (yii/si) aspect: 10 9 67 10 5

Verb

Etymology: ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”). From the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire. Etymology templates: {{m|nv|ʼa-|pos=unspecified person object prefix}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|a|a}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{m|nv|yi-|pos=semelfactive}} yi- (semelfactive), {{nv-prefix|yi-semel}} -yi- (semelfactive), {{m|nv|-∅-|pos=3rd person subject prefix}} -∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s}} -∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{m|nv|∅-|pos=classifier}} ∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|a|yi-semel|3s|-}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{m|nv|-chʼąh}} -chʼąh, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-chʼąh</i>}} -chʼąh, {{nv-link-to-stem|-chʼąh|semelfactive}} + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of, {{m|nv|-CHʼĄH}} -CHʼĄH, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-CHʼĄH</i>}} -CHʼĄH, {{nv-link-to-root|-CHʼĄH|seizure|to have seizure}} root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} iichʼąh Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], iishchʼąh [first-person, imperfective, singular], iichʼąh [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], daʼiichʼąh [first-person, imperfective, plural], iichʼąh [imperfective, second-person, singular], oohchʼąh [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], daʼoohchʼąh [imperfective, plural, second-person], iichʼąh [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], daʼiichʼąh [imperfective, plural, third-person], ajiichʼąh [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], daʼjiichʼąh [fourth-person, imperfective, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ashéchʼąh [first-person, perfective, singular], ashiichʼąh [duoplural, first-person, perfective], daʼshiichʼąh [first-person, perfective, plural], ashíníchʼąh [perfective, second-person, singular], ashoochʼąh [duoplural, perfective, second-person], daʼshoochʼąh [perfective, plural, second-person], azhchʼąh [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], daʼazhchʼąh [perfective, plural, third-person], ajizhchʼąh [duoplural, fourth-person, perfective, singular], daʼjizhchʼąh [fourth-person, perfective, plural]
  1. he/she is falling into fire
    Sense id: en-iichʼąh-nv-verb-2SgCOEml
  2. he/she is having a seizure
    Sense id: en-iichʼąh-nv-verb-NhHpJd-r

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        "singular"
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  "lang_code": "nv",
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        "he/she is falling into fire"
      ],
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          "fall",
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          "fire"
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}

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  "etymology_text": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”).\nFrom the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire.",
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        "a fit, seizure, epileptic seizure"
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          "epileptic",
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          "_dis": "4 4 55 35 2",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 24 48 5 18",
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          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄH (seizure)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "6 6 64 22 3",
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          "_dis": "9 8 69 9 5",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "glosses": [
        "iich'aa, an epileptiform, psychosomatic illness found among the Navajo people, characterised by nervousness, loss of self-control, convulsions, self-destructive behavior, and fits of violence and rage, and often accompanied by the belief that parts of the body are shrinking (associated with violating the taboo against incest and supposedly caused by the growth of a moth in the cranial cavity. The affected person is cured in a ceremony called the \"Mothway\" (iichʼąhjí, no longer performed), in which he vomits to get rid of the creature.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-iichʼąh-nv-noun-7INqzXR6",
      "links": [
        [
          "epileptiform",
          "epileptiform"
        ],
        [
          "psychosomatic",
          "psychosomatic"
        ],
        [
          "iichʼąhjí",
          "iichʼąhjí"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "nv:iichʼąh"
  ],
  "word": "iichʼąh"
}

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        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "yi-",
        "pos": "semelfactive"
      },
      "expansion": "yi- (semelfactive)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi-semel"
      },
      "expansion": "-yi- (semelfactive)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-∅-",
        "pos": "3rd person subject prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "∅-",
        "pos": "classifier"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "yi-semel",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-chʼąh"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-chʼąh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-chʼąh",
        "2": "semelfactive"
      },
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      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-CHʼĄH"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-CHʼĄH</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-CHʼĄH",
        "2": "seizure",
        "3": "to have seizure"
      },
      "expansion": "root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”).\nFrom the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire.",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "iichʼąh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "amok"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "amok"
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    }
  ],
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    "nv:iichʼąh"
  ],
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}
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    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄH (seizure)",
    "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (semelfactive)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
    "Navajo verbs",
    "Navajo verbs in the semelfactive (yii/si) aspect"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
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        "pos": "unspecified person object prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "a"
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      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix)",
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "yi- (semelfactive)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi-semel"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
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      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "∅-",
        "pos": "classifier"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "yi-semel",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-chʼąh"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-chʼąh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-chʼąh",
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      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-CHʼĄH"
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      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-CHʼĄH</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-CHʼĄH",
        "2": "seizure",
        "3": "to have seizure"
      },
      "expansion": "root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”).\nFrom the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-verbtable",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iishchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼiichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oohchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼoohchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼiichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajiichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼjiichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-verbtable",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashéchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashiichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼshiichʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashíníchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ashoochʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼshoochʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azhchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼazhchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajizhchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼjizhchʼąh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "iichʼąh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "he/she is falling into fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "he/she is having a seizure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seizure",
          "seizure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:iichʼąh"
  ],
  "word": "iichʼąh"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Navajo adverbs",
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄH (seizure)",
    "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (semelfactive)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
    "Navajo verbs",
    "Navajo verbs in the semelfactive (yii/si) aspect"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "pos": "unspecified person object prefix"
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      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "yi-",
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      },
      "expansion": "yi- (semelfactive)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "-yi- (semelfactive)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
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        "pos": "3rd person subject prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "∅-",
        "pos": "classifier"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "yi-semel",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-chʼąh"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-chʼąh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-chʼąh",
        "2": "semelfactive"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-CHʼĄH"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-CHʼĄH</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-CHʼĄH",
        "2": "seizure",
        "3": "to have seizure"
      },
      "expansion": "root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”).\nFrom the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "iichʼąh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fit, seizure, epileptic seizure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fit",
          "fit"
        ],
        [
          "seizure",
          "seizure"
        ],
        [
          "epileptic",
          "epileptic"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "iich'aa, an epileptiform, psychosomatic illness found among the Navajo people, characterised by nervousness, loss of self-control, convulsions, self-destructive behavior, and fits of violence and rage, and often accompanied by the belief that parts of the body are shrinking (associated with violating the taboo against incest and supposedly caused by the growth of a moth in the cranial cavity. The affected person is cured in a ceremony called the \"Mothway\" (iichʼąhjí, no longer performed), in which he vomits to get rid of the creature.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "epileptiform",
          "epileptiform"
        ],
        [
          "psychosomatic",
          "psychosomatic"
        ],
        [
          "iichʼąhjí",
          "iichʼąhjí"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:iichʼąh"
  ],
  "word": "iichʼąh"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo adverbs",
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄH (seizure)",
    "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (semelfactive)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
    "Navajo verbs",
    "Navajo verbs in the semelfactive (yii/si) aspect"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
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        "pos": "unspecified person object prefix"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "a"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "nv-prefix"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "∅-",
        "pos": "classifier"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "yi-semel",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-chʼąh"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-chʼąh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-chʼąh",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-chʼąh",
        "2": "semelfactive"
      },
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      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-CHʼĄH"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-CHʼĄH</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-CHʼĄH",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-CHʼĄH",
        "2": "seizure",
        "3": "to have seizure"
      },
      "expansion": "root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼąh (semelfactive stem of root -CHʼĄH, “to have seizure”).\nFrom the metaphorical meaning of fall-into-fire.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "iichʼąh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "amok"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amok",
          "amok"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:iichʼąh"
  ],
  "word": "iichʼąh"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Navajo dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.