honiizííł

Etymology

ho- (space, area, things) + -ni- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-zííł (imperfective stem of root -ZIIL, “to be warm”).

Verb

honiizííł

  1. it (the weather, an area) becomes warm

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional, third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE honiizííł
PERFECTIVE honiiziil
FUTURE hodínóóził
ITERATIVE náhoniiził
OPTATIVE honoozííł

Antonyms

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 458.