bikááʼ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *-qaˑqʼ (“on the surface”)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪ̀kʰɑ́ːʔ/
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Postposition
bikááʼ
- on it, on its surface
- Haadzííʼ yę́ę naaltsoos bikááʼ niijaaʼ ― His talk was recorded on paper
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shikááʼ | nihikááʼ |
| 2nd person | nikááʼ | nihikááʼ |
| 3rd person | bikááʼ | |
| 4th person (3o) | yikááʼ | |
| 4th person (3a) | hakááʼ | |
| 4th person (3i) | akááʼ | — |
| reflexive | ákááʼ | — |
| reciprocal | — | ałkááʼ, ahiłkááʼ |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bikááʼ adání (“table”)
- bikááʼ adlání (“bar”)
- bikááʼ náʼoobałí (“helicopter”)
- bikááʼdahʼasdáhí (“chair”)
- bikáaʼgi
- chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí
- hooghan bikááʼ (“roof”)
- kááʼtsʼiní (“armadillo”)
See also
- bąąh (“on it”)
References
- ^ Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 221