honeezdo
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + -z- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -do (neuter perfective stem of root -DOII, “to be hot”).
Verb
[edit]honeezdo
- it (a space, area, room) is warm
Usage notes
[edit]This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.
References
[edit]- 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 455.