chʼínáhálzhíísh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhíísh (momentaneous stem of root -ZHIIZH, “to time passes”)

Verb

chʼínáhálzhíísh

  1. it begins again, a period of time commences, comes again
    dąąjįʼ chʼínáhálzhíísh
    spring comes again

Conjugation

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

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 779
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