"béésh łichíiʼii" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

Etymology: From béésh (“metal”) + łichííʼ (“it is red”) + -ii (nominalizer). Etymology templates: {{af|nv|-ii|pos1=nominalizer}} -ii (nominalizer) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|head=béésh łichíiʼii}} béésh łichíiʼii
  1. copper
    Sense id: en-béésh_łichíiʼii-nv-noun-0W8G~iVd
  2. bronze
    Sense id: en-béésh_łichíiʼii-nv-noun-~LvNWlm~ Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms suffixed with -ii, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Chemical elements, Metals Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Navajo terms suffixed with -ii: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Chemical elements: 6 94 Disambiguation of Metals: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí (english: telegraph), Béésh Łichíiʼii Bee Ééhoozinígíí [Internet], Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah [Cyprus]

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "telegraph",
      "word": "béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Łichíiʼii Bee Ééhoozinígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cyprus"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-ii",
        "pos1": "nominalizer"
      },
      "expansion": "-ii (nominalizer)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From béésh (“metal”) + łichííʼ (“it is red”) + -ii (nominalizer).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "béésh łichíiʼii"
      },
      "expansion": "béésh łichíiʼii",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "copper"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh_łichíiʼii-nv-noun-0W8G~iVd",
      "links": [
        [
          "copper",
          "copper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms suffixed with -ii",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Chemical elements",
          "orig": "nv:Chemical elements",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Metals",
          "orig": "nv:Metals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bronze"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh_łichíiʼii-nv-noun-~LvNWlm~",
      "links": [
        [
          "bronze",
          "bronze"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:béésh łichíiʼii"
  ],
  "word": "béésh łichíiʼii"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo multiword terms",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms suffixed with -ii",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Chemical elements",
    "nv:Metals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "telegraph",
      "word": "béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Łichíiʼii Bee Ééhoozinígíí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyprus"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "-ii",
        "pos1": "nominalizer"
      },
      "expansion": "-ii (nominalizer)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From béésh (“metal”) + łichííʼ (“it is red”) + -ii (nominalizer).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "béésh łichíiʼii"
      },
      "expansion": "béésh łichíiʼii",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "copper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copper",
          "copper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bronze"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bronze",
          "bronze"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:béésh łichíiʼii"
  ],
  "word": "béésh łichíiʼii"
}

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