hodéezyéél

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“oral”) + -ni- (adjectival) + -si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yéél (neuter stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be calm”).

For the high tone on the prefix compound, see also díní-.

Verb edit

hodéezyéél

the place is quiet, noiseless, there is silence

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only

Related terms edit

déesxéél