beehááh

Etymology

bee + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -HAI, “a winter passes”).

Verb

beehááh

  1. to spend a year or winter
  2. to survive a winter

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE beehááh
PERFECTIVE bééhai

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 238
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