chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí

Etymology

chǫ́ǫ́ʼí (“spoiled, ruined”) + -x- (emphatic infix), a truncation of nichǫ́ǫ́ʼí (“to be ugly, filthy, worn out”) (from the root -CHXǪʼ, “to ruin”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Verb

chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí

  1. to be ugly
  2. to be filthy
  3. to be worn out, used
    ééʼ chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí ― used clothing
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