chʼínáhááh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -HAI, “a winter passes”).

Verb

chʼínáhááh

  1. winter comes to an end

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼínáhááh
PERFECTIVE chʼééníhai

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 238
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