áhánééh

Etymology

ʼá- (thus) + -ho- (space, area, things) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-nééh (momentaneous stem of root -YAA, “to make”)

Verb

áhánééh

  1. it happens this way, like this

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE áhánééh
PERFECTIVE áhoodzaa
FUTURE áhodoonííł
ITERATIVE ánáhootʼįįh
OPTATIVE áhóneʼ

References

  • 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 38.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 683