bétʼood

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (“about”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + + -tʼood (imperfective stem of + root -TʼOOD, “to tear”)

Verb

bétʼood

  1. to become bald, mangy, for one's hair to become thin

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE bétʼood
PERFECTIVE bétʼóód
FUTURE bídootʼoł
ITERATIVE bínátʼoʼ
OPTATIVE bóotʼood

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 157.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 558
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