hááʼá

Etymology

ha- (up out) + -◌́◌́- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)

Verb

hááʼá

  1. it sticks up and out
  2. it protrudes

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

perfective singular duoplural dist. plural
3rd person hááʼá hadaazʼá

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 1