honiigááh
Navajo
Etymology
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (terminative) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gááh (momentaneous stem of root -GAII, “to white”)
Verb
honiigááh
- the weather gets hot
- the weather warms up
- a room warms up, gets hot
- (with bitah) to become feverish, get a fever
- Synonym: honeezgai
Conjugation
Paradigm: Transitional (∅/∅)
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | honiigááh |
| PERFECTIVE | honiigaii |
| FUTURE | hodinóogah |
| ITERATIVE | náhoniigah |
| OPTATIVE | honoogááh |
Derived terms
- tahoniigááh (“fever”)
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 456.
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 196