bitʼah

Etymology

Related to -tʼah (“niche”). Cognate with Chipewyan betʼah (“its inner side”) and Tsuut'ina mitʼah (“inside it”)

Postposition

bitʼah

  1. in an enclosed space (such as in a pocket or niche or under the covers of a bed)

Inflection

Forms of bitʼah
singular duoplural
1st person shitʼah nihitʼah
2nd person nitʼah nihitʼah
3rd person bitʼah
4th person (3o) yitʼah
4th person (3a) hatʼah
4th person (3i) atʼah —
reflexive átʼah —
reciprocal — ałtʼah, ahiłtʼah

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, pages 250-51.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 522
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