"biih" meaning in Navajo

See biih in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Postposition

Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} biih Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shiih [first-person, singular], nihiih [duoplural, first-person], niih [second-person, singular], nihiih [duoplural, second-person], biih [third-person], yiih [fourth-person], hiih [fourth-person], iih [fourth-person, singular], - [duoplural, fourth-person], ádiih [reflexive, singular], - [duoplural, reflexive], - [reciprocal, singular], ahiih [duoplural, reciprocal]
  1. into it, within it; into its interior Derived forms: biih náwoʼí (english: pocketknife) Related terms: biiʼ
    Sense id: en-biih-nv-postp-sCRQEM1n Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo postpositions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "biih",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "pocketknife",
          "translation": "pocketknife",
          "word": "biih náwoʼí"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "into it, within it; into its interior"
      ],
      "id": "en-biih-nv-postp-sCRQEM1n",
      "links": [
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ],
        [
          "within",
          "within"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "biiʼ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "biih"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pocketknife",
      "translation": "pocketknife",
      "word": "biih náwoʼí"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahiih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "biih",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "biiʼ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo postpositions",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "into it, within it; into its interior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ],
        [
          "within",
          "within"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "biih"
}

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