baa hojoobáʼí

Etymology

baa (“to it”) + ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ji- (“emotion”) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -∅- (classifier) + -baʼ (imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be kind”) + -í. Alternatively, baa + hojoobaʼ (“mercy”) +‎ -í.

Verb

baa hojoobáʼí

  1. to be poor, have troubles or tribulations

Conjugation

See the inflection of baa.

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 454.
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