haałnííh

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nííh (momentaneous stem of root -NIIʼ, “a wave passes”)

Verb

haałnííh

  1. there is an outbreak
  2. it breaks out

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE haałnííh
PERFECTIVE hááłniiʼ
FUTURE hadoołnih
ITERATIVE hanáłnih
OPTATIVE haołniih

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 429.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 457
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