haʼní
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“oral”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).
Like with ní (“he says”), di- deletes in the third person, but only optionally: hodiʼní.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]haʼní
Usage notes
[edit]This is a neuter verb. For conjugations in other modes, see the corresponding active verb haʼniih (Perf. hodooʼniid).
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with ho/ha- (object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with di- (oral)
- Navajo terms prefixed with d- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIID (say)
- Navajo terms with audio pronunciation
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (∅) aspect
- nv:Talking