haagai

Etymology

ha- (up out) + -yi- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-gai (neuter perfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑ̀ːkɑ̀ɪ̀/

Verb

haagai

  1. there is a white outcropping or patch of it (on the mountainside)
    Yas dził bąąh haagai.There is a white patch of snow on the mountainside.

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only, with da-shift.

perfective singular plural dist. plural
3rd person haagai hadaasgai