béésh

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /péːʃ/

• Audio (NV):

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Noun

béésh (possessed form bibéézh)

1. flint
2. iron
3. metal
4. knife, blade, bayonet
5. badge
6. apparatus
7. (by extension) census number, numeric code

Inflection

possessives of béésh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shibéézh	nihibéézh	danihibéézh
2nd person	nibéézh	nihibéézh	danihibéézh
3rd person	bibéézh
4th person (3o)	yibéézh
4th person (3a)	habéézh
Indefinite (3i)	abéézh

Derived terms

Derived terms

• béésh adishahí (“barbed wire”)
• béésh daʼahólzhaʼí (“chain”)
• béésh áłtsʼózí (“wire”)
• béésh astʼogii (“arrowhead”)
• béésh ászólí (“aluminum”)
• béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí (“personal computer”)
• béésh bee haneʼé (“telephone”)
• béésh dildǫʼí (“tin”)
• béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (“titanium”)
• béésh hataałí
• béésh ííłʼíní (“knife maker”)
• béésh łibáhí (“cobalt”)
• béésh łichíʼii (“bronze”)

• béésh łigaii (“silver”)
• béésh łikoní (“magnesium”)
• béésh łitsoii (“brass”)
• béésh náʼiiláhí (“spoon”)
• béésh ntłʼizígíí (“steel”)
• béésh tózháanii (“mercury”)
• bééshʼadeeʼ
• Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah (“Germany”)
• Bééshbichʼahí (“Germans”)
• bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh (“power plant”)
• kʼaabéésh (“arrowhead”)
• bééshtłʼééł (“steel”)