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

1. 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)