hwiih
Navajo
Etymology
∅- (classifier) + -hwiih (invariable stem of root -HWIIH, “to be satisfied”)
Verb
hwiih
- there is satisfaction, satiation
Conjugation
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | hwiih |
| PERFECTIVE | yíhwiih |
| FUTURE | doohwiih |
| ITERATIVE | náhwiih |
| OPTATIVE | wóhwiih |
Derived terms
Noun
hwiih
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 240