hoolʼįįh

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (transitional stem of root -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, “to look”), lit. “things become visible”.

Verb

hoolʼįįh

1. morning dawns, it becomes daylight, it gets light, the place gets lit up

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	hoolʼįįh
PERFECTIVE	hoosʼįįd
FUTURE	hwiidoolʼįįł

Related terms

• hoolʼin