haʼní

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“oral”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).

Like with ní (“he says”), di- deletes in the third person, but only optionally: hodiʼní.

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

haʼní

they say, it is said
Kinłání doo ayóo deesdoi da łeh haʼní ― Flagstaff is usually not very hot, it is said.

Usage notes edit

This is a neuter verb. For conjugations in other modes, see the corresponding active verb haʼniih (Perf. hodooʼniid).

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.