hoogááh

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gááh (transitional stem of root -GAII, “to white”).

Verb

hoogááh

1. it becomes white, a whiteout happens, the place turns white

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii), third person only.