hodinaʼ

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -naʼ (durative stem of root -NAʼ, “to live”)

Verb

hodinaʼ

  1. impersonal things last, endure

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hodinaʼ
PERFECTIVE hodíínaʼ

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 408
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