hodiʼní

See also: hodini

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“oral”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, passive) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).

This form is equivalent in etymology and meaning to haʼní, but without deletion of di-.

Verb

hodiʼní

  1. it is said

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hodiʼní
PERFECTIVE hodooʼniid

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 448
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