ahoʼniitaał

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -taał (momentaneous stem of root -TÁÁL, “to sing”).

Verb

ahoʼniitaał

  1. to start to sing a song
  2. to start a ceremony

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person ahoʼniishtaał ahoʼniitaał adahoʼniitaał
2nd person ahoʼniitaał ahoʼnoohtaał adahoʼnoohtaał
3rd person ahoʼniitaał adahoʼniitaał
4th person ahozhʼniitaał adahozhʼniitaał

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 480
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