bééhózin
التعريفات والمعاني
== Navajo ==
=== Etymology ===
b- (thematic) + -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 ===
IPA(key): /péːhózɪ̀n/
=== Verb ===
bééhózin
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 ====
This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.
==== Conjugation ====
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.
==== Derived terms ====
tʼáá bééhózíní (“self-evident”)
==== 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)