béésh

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *weːs̆/weːs̆ʳ (“knife”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /péːʃ/

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Noun

béésh (possessed form bibéézh)

1. flint
2. iron
3. metal
4. knife, blade, bayonet
5. badge
6. apparatus
7. (by extension) census number, numeric code

Inflection

Possessives of béésh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shibéézh	nihibéézh	danihibéézh
2nd person	nibéézh	nihibéézh	danihibéézh
3rd person	bibéézh
4th person (3o)	yibéézh
4th person (3a)	habéézh
Indefinite (3i)	abéézh

Derived terms

• béésh adishahí (“barbed wire”)
• béésh áłtsʼózí (“wire”)
• béésh astʼogii (“arrowhead”)
• béésh ászólí (“aluminum”)
• béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí (“personal computer”)
• béésh bee haneʼé (“telephone”)
• Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah (“Germany”)
• béésh daʼahólzhaʼí (“chain”)
• béésh dildǫʼí (“tin”)
• béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (“titanium”)
• béésh hataałí (“record player”)
• béésh ííłʼíní (“knife maker”)
• béésh łibáhí (“cobalt”)
• béésh łichíʼii (“bronze”)
• béésh łigaii (“silver”)
• béésh łikoní (“magnesium”)
• béésh łitsoii (“brass”)
• béésh náʼiiláhí (“spoon”)
• béésh ntłʼizígíí (“steel”)
• béésh tózháanii (“mercury”)
• Bééshbichʼahí (“Germans”)
• bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh (“power plant”)
• bééshtłʼééł (“steel”)
• bééshʼadeeʼ
• kʼaabéésh (“arrowhead”)