-BÉÉZH

Navajo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *-wedžʷ (“to cook by boiling”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna yełaets (“I'm cooking it”), Koyukon *ləbats (“it got cooked by boiling”),

Root

-BÉÉZH

1. to boil

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	conversive	S boils biʼniibéézh (MOM) yibéézh (CONCL)	S boils O yiʼniiłbéézh (MOM) yiłbéézh (CONCL) ↳ ałbéézh
Ø	adjectival	s is boiled shibéézh (NEUT)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / CONCL	-béézh	-béézh	-bish	-bish	-béézh
NEUT	-	-béézh	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to boil:

• -GHAAZH

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -BÉÉZH (boil)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *wədž (“to spread, to stretch”). Cognate with -BIZH (“to braid”).

Root

-BÉÉZH

  1. to lie scattered

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + d	?	S lies scattered ndadeeshbéézh nikidadébéézh

  2. to be dirty with adhering matter

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	?	S is dirty hashbéézh hahoolbéézh

Synonyms

to lie scattered:

• -TĄĄD
• -ZAʼ

dirty:

• -CHĄĄʼ
• -ʼIH

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -BÉÉZH (scattered)