beʼelnééh

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -YAA, “to make”). A passivization of yeʼelééh.

Verb

beʼelnééh

  1. to be copied, duplicated

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE beʼelnééh
PERFECTIVE beʼelyaa
FUTURE biʼdoolnííł
ITERATIVE bináʼiilʼįįh
OPTATIVE biʼólneʼ

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 152.
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