hooʼaah

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hòːʔɑ̀ːh/

Verb

hooʼaah

  1. there is room, room is made for someone
    Shá hooʼaʼ. ― I got some room.
  2. a law passes about something
    Bee hooʼaʼ. ― It became a law, has been made legal.
  3. a disease strikes someone, someone gets sick
    shąąh dah hooʼaʼ. ― I got sick.
    Bee shąąh dah hooʼaʼ. ― I caught it (a disease), lit. impersonal-it stroke me with the disease.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hooʼaah
PERFECTIVE hooʼaʼ
FUTURE hwiidooʼaał
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