bahooʼih

== Navajo == === Etymology === bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + aa (“about it”) + ho- (“space, area, things”) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”) === Verb === bahooʼih it (an area) is dirty, filthy, disgusting ==== Usage notes ==== Always preceded by tʼóó With forms of bił, carries a meaning of 'S is repulsed by it, disgusted by it (an area or space)' ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only. This verb has no other forms. ==== Related terms ==== baaʼih === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 241