bééhoozįįh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (“about”) + -ná- (“around”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix)+ -∅- (classifier) + -zįįh (transitional imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).
Verb
[edit]bééhoozįįh
- there comes to be knowledge about it, it comes to be known
- Shił bééhoozįįh ― I come to know about it, find out about it (literally, “knowledge comes with me”)
- Doo bił bééhoozįįh da ― She/he/it doesn't find about it
- Doo bééhoozįįh da ― it is lost, it has vanished (as a pet or a child) (literally, “its whereabouts are not known”)
Usage notes
[edit]This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii), third person only.
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | bééhoozįįh |
| PERFECTIVE | bééhoozin |
| FUTURE | bééhodoozįįł |
Related terms
[edit]- yééhoosįįh / yééhósin (neuter) (to know someone)
- bééhoozįįh / bééhózin (neuter) (there is knowledge about)
- doo ádił yééhólzin (to claim to know nothing)
- doo shił bééhózin da (I don't know)
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with bi- (indirect object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with é- (postpositional)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ná- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ho/ha- (object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (transitional)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZĮĮD (know)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the transitional (yii/yii) aspect