"béésh" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /péːʃ/ Audio: Nv-béésh.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš/weˑšʳ (“knife”) Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*weˑš|*weˑš/weˑšʳ|t=knife}} Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš/weˑšʳ (“knife”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|possessed form|bibéézh}} béésh (possessed form bibéézh) Forms: bibéézh [possessed-form], no-table-tags [table-tags], shibéézh [first-person, singular], nihibéézh [duoplural, first-person], danihibéézh [first-person, plural], nibéézh [second-person, singular], nihibéézh [duoplural, second-person], danihibéézh [plural, second-person], bibéézh [third-person], yibéézh [fourth-person], habéézh [fourth-person], abéézh [indefinite]
  1. flint
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-Bsyj2qan Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Chemical elements, Weapons Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 4 26 4 19 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 7 7 21 7 8 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 5 5 13 5 6 13 Disambiguation of Chemical elements: 71 5 5 5 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Weapons: 62 3 3 21 3 4 3
  2. iron
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-BOnA24fn
  3. metal
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-A-yrZpui Categories (other): Metals Disambiguation of Metals: 13 3 61 9 3 3 8
  4. knife, blade, bayonet
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-GTZCebow Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 4 26 4 19 28
  5. badge
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-iAXN6isZ
  6. apparatus
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-AbbvSldm Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Tools Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 4 26 4 19 28 Disambiguation of Tools: 10 2 7 6 2 66 6
  7. (by extension) census number, numeric code Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-béésh-nv-noun-sV0ZO1ik Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 4 26 4 19 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: béésh adishahí (english: barbed wire), béésh ahédiłí (english: scissors), béésh áłtsʼózí (english: wire), béésh astʼogii (english: arrowhead), béésh ászólí (english: aluminum), béésh baa ańdajisihígíí (english: target), béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí [personal] [computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], béésh bee akʼeʼelchíhí (english: typewriter), béésh bee ayanaʼalgoʼí (english: crowbar), béésh bee haneʼ (english: telegraph), béésh bee haneʼé [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], béésh bee íʼdiidlídí (english: branding iron), Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah [Germany], béésh biiʼ kǫʼí (english: stove), béésh biiʼ kǫʼí bizooł (english: stovepipe), béésh bitiin (english: railroad track), béésh bizis (english: sheath), béésh daʼahólzhaʼí (english: chain), béésh dildǫʼí (english: tin), béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii (english: titanium), béésh doolkʼoolí (english: corrugated metal), béésh dootłʼizh (english: steel), béésh haagééd (english: mine), béésh hataałí (english: record player), béésh ííłʼíní (english: knife maker), béésh łibáhí (english: cobalt), béésh łichíʼii (english: bronze), béésh łigaii (english: silver), béésh łigaii ííłʼíní (english: silversmith), béésh łigaiitsidí (english: silversmith), béésh łikoní (english: magnesium), béésh łitsoii (english: brass), béésh náʼiiláhí (english: spoon), béésh ndaazʼáhígíí (english: monkey bars), béésh ntłʼizígíí (english: steel), Béésh Sinil (english: Winslow, Arizona), béésh tózháanii (english: mercury), Bééshbichʼahí (english: Germans), bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh (english: power plant), bééshtłʼééł (english: steel), bééshtsʼósí (english: wire), bééshʼadeeʼ, Béshee (english: Flint Way), kʼaabéésh (english: arrowhead)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "barbed wire",
      "translation": "barbed wire",
      "word": "béésh adishahí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "scissors",
      "translation": "scissors",
      "word": "béésh ahédiłí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wire",
      "translation": "wire",
      "word": "béésh áłtsʼózí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "arrowhead",
      "translation": "arrowhead",
      "word": "béésh astʼogii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "aluminum",
      "translation": "aluminum",
      "word": "béésh ászólí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "target",
      "translation": "target",
      "word": "béésh baa ańdajisihígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "typewriter",
      "translation": "typewriter",
      "word": "béésh bee akʼeʼelchíhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "crowbar",
      "translation": "crowbar",
      "word": "béésh bee ayanaʼalgoʼí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "telegraph",
      "translation": "telegraph",
      "word": "béésh bee haneʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "telephone",
        "telephony",
        "telecommunications",
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "béésh bee haneʼé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "branding iron",
      "translation": "branding iron",
      "word": "béésh bee íʼdiidlídí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stove",
      "translation": "stove",
      "word": "béésh biiʼ kǫʼí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stovepipe",
      "translation": "stovepipe",
      "word": "béésh biiʼ kǫʼí bizooł"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "railroad track",
      "translation": "railroad track",
      "word": "béésh bitiin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sheath",
      "translation": "sheath",
      "word": "béésh bizis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chain",
      "translation": "chain",
      "word": "béésh daʼahólzhaʼí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tin",
      "translation": "tin",
      "word": "béésh dildǫʼí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "titanium",
      "translation": "titanium",
      "word": "béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "corrugated metal",
      "translation": "corrugated metal",
      "word": "béésh doolkʼoolí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "steel",
      "translation": "steel",
      "word": "béésh dootłʼizh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mine",
      "translation": "mine",
      "word": "béésh haagééd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "record player",
      "translation": "record player",
      "word": "béésh hataałí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "knife maker",
      "translation": "knife maker",
      "word": "béésh ííłʼíní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cobalt",
      "translation": "cobalt",
      "word": "béésh łibáhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bronze",
      "translation": "bronze",
      "word": "béésh łichíʼii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "silver",
      "translation": "silver",
      "word": "béésh łigaii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "silversmith",
      "translation": "silversmith",
      "word": "béésh łigaii ííłʼíní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "silversmith",
      "translation": "silversmith",
      "word": "béésh łigaiitsidí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "magnesium",
      "translation": "magnesium",
      "word": "béésh łikoní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "brass",
      "translation": "brass",
      "word": "béésh łitsoii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "spoon",
      "translation": "spoon",
      "word": "béésh náʼiiláhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "monkey bars",
      "translation": "monkey bars",
      "word": "béésh ndaazʼáhígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "steel",
      "translation": "steel",
      "word": "béésh ntłʼizígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Winslow, Arizona",
      "translation": "Winslow, Arizona",
      "word": "Béésh Sinil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mercury",
      "translation": "mercury",
      "word": "béésh tózháanii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Germans",
      "translation": "Germans",
      "word": "Bééshbichʼahí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "power plant",
      "translation": "power plant",
      "word": "bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "steel",
      "translation": "steel",
      "word": "bééshtłʼééł"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wire",
      "translation": "wire",
      "word": "bééshtsʼósí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bééshʼadeeʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Flint Way",
      "translation": "Flint Way",
      "word": "Béshee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "arrowhead",
      "translation": "arrowhead",
      "word": "kʼaabéésh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*weˑš",
        "4": "*weˑš/weˑšʳ",
        "t": "knife"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš/weˑšʳ (“knife”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš/weˑšʳ (“knife”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bibéézh",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessed form",
        "4": "bibéézh"
      },
      "expansion": "béésh (possessed form bibéézh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 4 4 26 4 19 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 7 7 21 7 8 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 5 5 13 5 6 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 5 5 5 5 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Chemical elements",
          "orig": "nv:Chemical elements",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 3 3 21 3 4 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "nv:Weapons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flint"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-Bsyj2qan",
      "links": [
        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "iron"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-BOnA24fn",
      "links": [
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 3 61 9 3 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Metals",
          "orig": "nv:Metals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "metal"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-A-yrZpui",
      "links": [
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 4 4 26 4 19 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knife, blade, bayonet"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-GTZCebow",
      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "bayonet",
          "bayonet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "badge"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-iAXN6isZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "badge",
          "badge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 4 4 26 4 19 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 7 6 2 66 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "nv:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "apparatus"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-AbbvSldm",
      "links": [
        [
          "apparatus",
          "apparatus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 4 4 26 4 19 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "census number, numeric code"
      ],
      "id": "en-béésh-nv-noun-sV0ZO1ik",
      "links": [
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "code",
          "code"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) census number, numeric code"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/péːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nv-béésh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Nv-b%C3%A9%C3%A9sh.ogg/Nv-b%C3%A9%C3%A9sh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Nv-b%C3%A9%C3%A9sh.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "béésh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Chemical elements",
    "nv:Metals",
    "nv:Tools",
    "nv:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "barbed wire",
      "translation": "barbed wire",
      "word": "béésh adishahí"
    },
    {
      "english": "scissors",
      "translation": "scissors",
      "word": "béésh ahédiłí"
    },
    {
      "english": "wire",
      "translation": "wire",
      "word": "béésh áłtsʼózí"
    },
    {
      "english": "arrowhead",
      "translation": "arrowhead",
      "word": "béésh astʼogii"
    },
    {
      "english": "aluminum",
      "translation": "aluminum",
      "word": "béésh ászólí"
    },
    {
      "english": "target",
      "translation": "target",
      "word": "béésh baa ańdajisihígíí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí"
    },
    {
      "english": "typewriter",
      "translation": "typewriter",
      "word": "béésh bee akʼeʼelchíhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "crowbar",
      "translation": "crowbar",
      "word": "béésh bee ayanaʼalgoʼí"
    },
    {
      "english": "telegraph",
      "translation": "telegraph",
      "word": "béésh bee haneʼ"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "telephone",
        "telephony",
        "telecommunications",
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "béésh bee haneʼé"
    },
    {
      "english": "branding iron",
      "translation": "branding iron",
      "word": "béésh bee íʼdiidlídí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "english": "stove",
      "translation": "stove",
      "word": "béésh biiʼ kǫʼí"
    },
    {
      "english": "stovepipe",
      "translation": "stovepipe",
      "word": "béésh biiʼ kǫʼí bizooł"
    },
    {
      "english": "railroad track",
      "translation": "railroad track",
      "word": "béésh bitiin"
    },
    {
      "english": "sheath",
      "translation": "sheath",
      "word": "béésh bizis"
    },
    {
      "english": "chain",
      "translation": "chain",
      "word": "béésh daʼahólzhaʼí"
    },
    {
      "english": "tin",
      "translation": "tin",
      "word": "béésh dildǫʼí"
    },
    {
      "english": "titanium",
      "translation": "titanium",
      "word": "béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii"
    },
    {
      "english": "corrugated metal",
      "translation": "corrugated metal",
      "word": "béésh doolkʼoolí"
    },
    {
      "english": "steel",
      "translation": "steel",
      "word": "béésh dootłʼizh"
    },
    {
      "english": "mine",
      "translation": "mine",
      "word": "béésh haagééd"
    },
    {
      "english": "record player",
      "translation": "record player",
      "word": "béésh hataałí"
    },
    {
      "english": "knife maker",
      "translation": "knife maker",
      "word": "béésh ííłʼíní"
    },
    {
      "english": "cobalt",
      "translation": "cobalt",
      "word": "béésh łibáhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "bronze",
      "translation": "bronze",
      "word": "béésh łichíʼii"
    },
    {
      "english": "silver",
      "translation": "silver",
      "word": "béésh łigaii"
    },
    {
      "english": "silversmith",
      "translation": "silversmith",
      "word": "béésh łigaii ííłʼíní"
    },
    {
      "english": "silversmith",
      "translation": "silversmith",
      "word": "béésh łigaiitsidí"
    },
    {
      "english": "magnesium",
      "translation": "magnesium",
      "word": "béésh łikoní"
    },
    {
      "english": "brass",
      "translation": "brass",
      "word": "béésh łitsoii"
    },
    {
      "english": "spoon",
      "translation": "spoon",
      "word": "béésh náʼiiláhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "monkey bars",
      "translation": "monkey bars",
      "word": "béésh ndaazʼáhígíí"
    },
    {
      "english": "steel",
      "translation": "steel",
      "word": "béésh ntłʼizígíí"
    },
    {
      "english": "Winslow, Arizona",
      "translation": "Winslow, Arizona",
      "word": "Béésh Sinil"
    },
    {
      "english": "mercury",
      "translation": "mercury",
      "word": "béésh tózháanii"
    },
    {
      "english": "Germans",
      "translation": "Germans",
      "word": "Bééshbichʼahí"
    },
    {
      "english": "power plant",
      "translation": "power plant",
      "word": "bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh"
    },
    {
      "english": "steel",
      "translation": "steel",
      "word": "bééshtłʼééł"
    },
    {
      "english": "wire",
      "translation": "wire",
      "word": "bééshtsʼósí"
    },
    {
      "word": "bééshʼadeeʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "Flint Way",
      "translation": "Flint Way",
      "word": "Béshee"
    },
    {
      "english": "arrowhead",
      "translation": "arrowhead",
      "word": "kʼaabéésh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*weˑš",
        "4": "*weˑš/weˑšʳ",
        "t": "knife"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš/weˑšʳ (“knife”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš/weˑšʳ (“knife”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bibéézh",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yibéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abéézh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessed form",
        "4": "bibéézh"
      },
      "expansion": "béésh (possessed form bibéézh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flint",
          "flint"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "iron"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "metal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knife, blade, bayonet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knife",
          "knife"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "bayonet",
          "bayonet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "badge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "badge",
          "badge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apparatus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apparatus",
          "apparatus"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "census number, numeric code"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "code",
          "code"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) census number, numeric code"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/péːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nv-béésh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Nv-b%C3%A9%C3%A9sh.ogg/Nv-b%C3%A9%C3%A9sh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Nv-b%C3%A9%C3%A9sh.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "béésh"
}

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