Where does “baa hojoobáʼí” come from?

baa hojoobáʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo hojoobaʼ, from Navajo ho-, from Navajo hw-.

baa hojoobáʼí (Navajo): to be poor, have troubles or tribulations

Definitions

  1. to be poor, have troubles or tribulations

Ancestry of “baa hojoobáʼí”, step by step

baa hojoobáʼí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo hojoobaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohojoobaʼthere is hope for the best
2Navajoho-indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun...
3Navajohw-—

via Navajo baa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobaaabout him/her/it/them; to him/her/it/them; into...
2Proto-Athabaskan*-aˑfor
Every word from Navajo hw- →Every word from Navajo ho- →Every word from Navajo hojoobaʼ →