haikʼę́ę́h

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼę́ę́h (imperfective stem of root -KʼĘĘʼ, “to cut”).

Verb

haikʼę́ę́h

1. he/she is cutting a notch in it, cutting a piece out.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	haashkʼę́ę́h	haiikʼę́ę́h	hadeiikʼę́ę́h
2nd person	hanikʼę́ę́h	haahkʼę́ę́h	hadaahkʼę́ę́h
3rd person	haikʼę́ę́h		hadeikʼę́ę́h
4th person	hajikʼę́ę́h		hadajikʼę́ę́h

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	háákʼęęʼ	haiikʼęęʼ	hadasiikʼęęʼ
2nd person	háíníkʼęęʼ	haookʼęęʼ	hadasookʼęęʼ
3rd person	hayííkʼęęʼ		hadeizkʼęęʼ
4th person	hajííkʼęęʼ		hadajizkʼęęʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hadeeshkʼęh	hadiikʼęh	hadadiikʼęh
2nd person	hadííkʼęh	hadoohkʼęh	hadadoohkʼęh
3rd person	haidookʼęh		hadeidookʼęh
4th person	hazhdookʼęh		hadazhdookʼęh

Verbal stems

• ITERATIVE: -kʼęh
• OPTATIVE: -kʼę́ę́h

Related terms

• yikʼęęh
• yikʼį́į́h