bééhózin

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (“about”) + -ná- (“around”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -zin (neuter imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).

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bééhózin

1. it is known about, there is knowledge about it, to know about something

   Shił bééhózin ― I know it, know about it (literally, “knowledge is with me”)

   Doo bił bééhózin da ― She/he/it doesn't know it, doesn't know about it

   Tʼáadoo bił bééhóziní da ― There is no one who knows about it

   Doo bééhózin da ― it is lost, it has vanished (as a pet or a child) (literally, “its whereabouts are not known”)

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.

• 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)