"biná" meaning in Navajo

See biná in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Postposition

Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} biná Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shiná [first-person, singular], nihiná [duoplural, first-person], niná [second-person, singular], nihiná [duoplural, second-person], biná [third-person], yiná [fourth-person], haná [fourth-person], aná [fourth-person, singular], - [duoplural, fourth-person], ádíná [reflexive, singular], áná [reflexive, singular], - [duoplural, reflexive], - [reciprocal, singular], áłná [duoplural, reciprocal]
  1. beside
    Sense id: en-biná-nv-postp-W8r~7U0n
  2. waiting for
    Sense id: en-biná-nv-postp-bIcnsCfP Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo postpositions, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 0 68 32 Disambiguation of Navajo postpositions: 13 53 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 73 27
  3. (in the reciprocal) to and fro, back and forth, in opposite directions
    Sense id: en-biná-nv-postp-HsQYvOxA

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádíná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áłná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "biná",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beside"
      ],
      "id": "en-biná-nv-postp-W8r~7U0n",
      "links": [
        [
          "beside",
          "beside"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 53 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "waiting for"
      ],
      "id": "en-biná-nv-postp-bIcnsCfP",
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to and fro, back and forth, in opposite directions"
      ],
      "id": "en-biná-nv-postp-HsQYvOxA",
      "links": [
        [
          "to and fro",
          "to and fro"
        ],
        [
          "back and forth",
          "back and forth"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the reciprocal) to and fro, back and forth, in opposite directions"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "biná"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo postpositions",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádíná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áłná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "biná",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beside"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beside",
          "beside"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waiting for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to and fro, back and forth, in opposite directions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to and fro",
          "to and fro"
        ],
        [
          "back and forth",
          "back and forth"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the reciprocal) to and fro, back and forth, in opposite directions"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "biná"
}

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