bééhoozįįh
Navajo
Etymology
b- (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
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
This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii), third person only.
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | bééhoozįįh |
| PERFECTIVE | bééhoozin |
| FUTURE | bééhodoozįįł |
Related terms
- 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)
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