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