honiikʼáás
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼáás (imperfective stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”).
Verb
[edit]honiikʼáás
- it (the weather, an area) becomes cool
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Transitional, third person only.
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | honiikʼáás |
| PERFECTIVE | honiikʼaaz |
| FUTURE | hodínóokʼas |
| ITERATIVE | náhoniikʼas |
| OPTATIVE | honookʼáás |
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 457.
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with ho-
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (thematic)
- Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (transitional)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAAZ (cold)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the transitional aspect
- nv:Temperature