haachʼííh

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -∅- (classifier) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼííh (momentaneous stem of root -CHʼI, “to blow”)

Verb

haachʼííh

  1. a current of air or breeze blows up and out (as from a cellar)
  2. a breeze starts to blow

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE haachʼííh
PERFECTIVE hááchʼi

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 104
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