hoogááh

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gááh (transitional stem of root -GAII, “to white”).

Verb edit

hoogááh

it becomes white, a whiteout happens, the place turns white

Conjugation edit

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