ákóhánééh

Etymology

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

Verb

ákóhánééh

  1. it happens that way, like that; that's what takes place

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ákóhánééh
PERFECTIVE ákóhoodzaa
FUTURE ákóhodoonííł
ITERATIVE ákónáhootʼįįh
OPTATIVE ákóhóneʼ

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 77.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 683
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