hanisé

Alternative forms

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yé (momentaneous stem of root -YĄ́, “to grow”). In this root, the ł- classifier and initial /j/ merge to form /s/.

Verb

hanisé

  1. it sprouts or comes up (as a plant)
  2. they (baby teeth) come in

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hanisé
PERFECTIVE haníísą́

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 680
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.