hoołʼaah
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”).
Verb
[edit]hoołʼaah
- to make room
- Shá hoołʼaah ! ― Make room for me! (2dpl)
- to pass a law, to make a rule
- Bee hooshʼaah. ― I make it a rule.
- to make someone sick
- X shąąh dah hoołʼaʼ. ― Disease X made me sick, I caught X.
- X-ee shąąh dah hwiiniłʼaʼ. ― You gave me disease X.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hooshʼaah | hwiilʼaah | dahwiilʼaah |
| 2nd person | hoołʼaah | hoołʼaah | dahoołʼaah |
| 3rd person | hoołʼaah | dahoołʼaah | |
| 4th person | hojiiłʼaah | dahojiiłʼaah | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hoołʼaʼ | hwiilʼaʼ | dahwiilʼaʼ |
| 2nd person | hwiiniłʼaʼ | hoołʼaʼ | dahoołʼaʼ |
| 3rd person | hoołʼaʼ | dahoołʼaʼ | |
| 4th person | hojiiłʼaʼ | dahojiiłʼaʼ | |
Also found in Neuter Perfective (si):
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hoséłʼą́ | hosiilʼą́ | dahosiilʼą́ |
| 2nd person | hosíníłʼą́ | hosoołʼą́ | dahosoołʼą́ |
| 3rd person | hasʼą́ | nahasʼą́ / ndahasʼą́ | |
| 4th person | hojisʼą́ | — | |