bééhózin
Navajo
editEtymology
editb- (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”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
editbééhózin
- 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”)
Usage notes
editThis verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.
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 b- (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 ni- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZĮĮD (know)
- Navajo terms with audio links
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (ni) aspect