yééhoosįįh
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Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (“about”) + -ná- (“around”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zįįh (imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).
Verb
[edit]yééhoosįįh
- to know (a person), to get acquainted with, to meet
- Nichʼįʼ bééhonisįįh. ― I introduce him to you.
- Bichʼįʼ nééhonisįįh. ― I introduce you to him.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/si), with some irregularities
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | bééhonisįįh | bééhoniilzįįh | béédahoniilzįįh |
2nd person | bééhonísįįh | bééhonohsįįh | béédahonohsįįh |
3rd person | yééhoosįįh | yéédahósįįh | |
4th person | bééhojoosįįh | béédahojísįįh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | bééhosésįįd | bééhosiilzįįd | béédahosiilzįįd |
2nd person | bééhosínísįįd | bééhosoosįįd | béédahosoosįįd |
3rd person | yééhoosįįd | yéédahoosįįd | |
4th person | bééhojoosįįd | béédahojoosįįd |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | bééhodeesįįł | bééhodiilzįįł | béédahodiilzįįł |
2nd person | bééhodíísįįł | bééhodoohsįįł | béédahodoohsįįł |
3rd person | yééhodoosįįł | yéédahodoosįįł | |
4th person | bééhozhdoosįįł | béédahozhdoosįįł |
Related terms
[edit]- yééhoosįįh / yééhósin (neuter) (to know someone)
- bééhoozįįh / bééhózin (neuter) (there is knowledge about)
- doo ádił yééhólzin (to claim to know nothing)
Kategorien:
- 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 ł- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZĮĮD (know)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo irregular verbs
- Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/si) aspect