honeezdo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + -z- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -do (neuter perfective stem of root -DOII, “to be hot”).

Verb

honeezdo

  1. it (a space, area, room) is warm

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

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

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 455.
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