"baa" meaning in Navajo

See baa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Postposition

IPA: /pɑ̀ː/
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑ. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*-aˑ}} Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑ Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} baa Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shaa [first-person, singular], nihaa [duoplural, first-person], naa [second-person, singular], nihaa [duoplural, second-person], baa [third-person], yaa [fourth-person], haa [fourth-person], aa [fourth-person, singular], - [duoplural, fourth-person], ádaa [reflexive, singular], - [duoplural, reflexive], - [reciprocal, singular], ahaa [duoplural, reciprocal]
  1. about him/her/it/them
    Sense id: en-baa-nv-postp-kdb5juXv Categories (other): Navajo postpositions Disambiguation of Navajo postpositions: 33 33 33
  2. to him/her/it/them
    Sense id: en-baa-nv-postp-zJmbtw21 Categories (other): Navajo postpositions Disambiguation of Navajo postpositions: 33 33 33
  3. into him/her/it/them
    Sense id: en-baa-nv-postp-FoYs1mIi Categories (other): Navajo postpositions Disambiguation of Navajo postpositions: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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