béésh
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *weːs̆/weːs̆ʳ (“knife”)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /péːʃ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
béésh (possessed form bibéézh)
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shibéézh | nihibéézh | danihibéézh |
| 2nd person | nibéézh | nihibéézh | danihibéézh |
| 3rd person | bibéézh | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yibéézh | ||
| 4th person (3a) | habéézh | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | abéézh | ||
Derived terms
- béésh adishahí (“barbed wire”)
- béésh áłtsʼózí (“wire”)
- béésh astʼogii (“arrowhead”)
- béésh ászólí (“aluminum”)
- béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí (“personal computer”)
- béésh bee haneʼé (“telephone”)
- Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah (“Germany”)
- béésh daʼahólzhaʼí (“chain”)
- béésh dildǫʼí (“tin”)
- béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (“titanium”)
- béésh hataałí (“record player”)
- béésh ííłʼíní (“knife maker”)
- béésh łibáhí (“cobalt”)
- béésh łichíʼii (“bronze”)
- béésh łigaii (“silver”)
- béésh łikoní (“magnesium”)
- béésh łitsoii (“brass”)
- béésh náʼiiláhí (“spoon”)
- béésh ntłʼizígíí (“steel”)
- béésh tózháanii (“mercury”)
- Bééshbichʼahí (“Germans”)
- bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh (“power plant”)
- bééshtłʼééł (“steel”)
- bééshʼadeeʼ
- kʼaabéésh (“arrowhead”)
References
- ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 15