bikááʼ

Navajo

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪkʰáːʔ/

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Postposition

bikááʼ

1. on it, on its surface

   Haadzííʼ yę́ę naaltsoos bikááʼ niijaaʼ ― His talk was recorded on paper

Inflection

Navajo postpositions

	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

• yikááʼ

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bikááʼ adání (“table”)
• bikááʼ adlání (“bar”)
• bikááʼdahʼasdáhí (“chair”)
• bikáaʼgi
• bikááʼ náʼoobałí (“helicopter”)
• chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí
• hooghan bikááʼ (“roof”)
• kááʼtsʼiní (“armadillo”)

See also

• bąąh (“on it”)