nináháhááh

Navajo

Etymology

ni- (terminative, disjunct) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -hi- (seriative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hááh (imperfective stem of root -HAI, “winter passes”).

Verb

nináháhááh

1. years or winters go by one after the other

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	nináháhááh
PERFECTIVE	nináhaasxai
FUTURE	nináhidoohah

Derived terms

• nináháháhígíí

Related terms

• nááhai
• yihah