"baaʼih" meaning in Navajo

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Verb

Etymology: bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix) + aa (“about it”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of the root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”) Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|bi|a}} bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix), {{nv-prefixes|bi}} bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s|a}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|3s|-}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-ʼih</i>}} -ʼih, {{nv-link-to-stem|-ʼih|neuter imperfective}} + -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of the, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-ʼIH</i>}} -ʼIH, {{nv-link-to-root|-ʼIH|dirty|to be dirty}} root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} baaʼih
  1. it is dirty, filthy, disgusting Related terms: bahooʼih
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        "1": "bi",
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      "expansion": "bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼih</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼih",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼIH</i>"
      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix) + aa (“about it”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of the root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”)",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼIH (dirty)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with bi- (indirect object)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (∅) aspect",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs used in third person only",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is dirty, filthy, disgusting"
      ],
      "id": "en-baaʼih-nv-verb-NkR3Ddtj",
      "links": [
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ],
        [
          "filthy",
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        ],
        [
          "disgusting",
          "disgusting"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bahooʼih"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "baaʼih"
}
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      },
      "expansion": "bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bi"
      },
      "expansion": "bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
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        "1": "3s",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼih</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼih",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ʼih",
        "2": "neuter imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of the",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼIH</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼIH",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ʼIH",
        "2": "dirty",
        "3": "to be dirty"
      },
      "expansion": "root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bi- (3rd person indirect object/postpositional object prefix) + aa (“about it”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼih (neuter imperfective stem of the root -ʼIH, “to be dirty”)",
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        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "bahooʼih"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼIH (dirty)",
        "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with bi- (indirect object)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
        "Navajo verbs",
        "Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (∅) aspect",
        "Navajo verbs used in third person only",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is dirty, filthy, disgusting"
      ],
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        [
          "dirty",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "disgusting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "baaʼih"
}

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