baaʼih

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + aa (“about it”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”)

Verb

baaʼih

  1. it 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'

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.

This verb has no other forms.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 241
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