abeʼ

Navajo

Etymology

a- (3rd-person indefinite possessive pronoun) + -beʼ (stem)

Noun

abeʼ

1. milk

   sheʼabeʼ ― my milk (animal’s milk that I possess)

   shibeʼ ― my milk (from my breasts)

Inflection

possessives of abeʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shibeʼ	nihibeʼ	danihibeʼ
2nd person	nibeʼ	nihibeʼ	danihibeʼ
3rd person	bibeʼ
4th person (3o)	yibeʼ
4th person (3a)	habeʼ
Indefinite (3i)	abeʼ

type D possessives of abeʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sheʼabeʼ	niheʼabeʼ	daniheʼabeʼ
2nd person	neʼabeʼ	niheʼabeʼ	daniheʼabeʼ
3rd person	beʼabeʼ
4th person (3o)	yeʼabeʼ
4th person (3a)	hweʼabeʼ
Indefinite (3i)	abeʼ

Derived terms

• abeʼ bee neezmasí (“pancake”)
• abeʼ yistiní (“ice cream”)
• abeʼ neeskʼįhígíí (“curdled milk”)