béégashii
Navajo
Etymology
From Spanish vacas (“cows”), from Latin vacca.[1] Compare Pipil wakash and Classical Nahuatl huācax.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /péːkɑ̀ʃìː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
béégashii
- cow
- Kʼad haitʼáo dibéłchíʼigo béégashii, shąʼ?
- How now, brown cow?
- cattle
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shibéégashii | nihibéégashii | danihibéégashii |
| 2nd person | nibéégashii | nihibéégashii | danihibéégashii |
| 3rd person | bibéégashii | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yibéégashii | ||
| 4th person (3a) | habéégashii | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | abéégashii | ||
Derived terms
- béégashii ałtsʼą́ą́ʼ wódleehígíí
- béégashii bichaan
- béégashii bikʼos náágisgo neheʼníłígíí
- béégashii bitsįʼ
- béégashii yáázh
References
- ^ Robert W. Young and William Morgan (1987). The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. →ISBN