hasįįh

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zįįh (imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).

Verb

hasįįh

1. conditions cause a feeling, make one be in a state (as shame, amusement, rush,...)

   Dichin hasįįh. ― It causes famine, it makes people feel hungry.

   Baa yá hasįįh. ― It causes shame, it makes people feel embarrassed.

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	hasįįh
PERFECTIVE	hóósįįd
FUTURE	hodoosįįł
ITERATIVE	náhásįįh
OPTATIVE	hósįįh

Related terms

• hasin
• nízin (“to feel like, to be in a condition”)