biyeʼ

Navajo

Noun

biyeʼ (plural biyeʼke)

1. his son
2. his nephew (brother’s son)

Usage notes

This word means that the relative is the son or nephew of a man, so a female neighbor would say biyeʼ when referring to her male neighbor’s son.

Inflection

Possessives of biyeʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiyeʼ	nihiyeʼ	danihiyeʼ
2nd person	niyeʼ	nihiyeʼ	danihiyeʼ
3rd person	biyeʼ
4th person (3o)	yiyeʼ
4th person (3a)	hayeʼ
Indefinite (3i)	ayeʼ

See also

• adaʼ
• biyáázh