yihah

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hah (progressive stem of root -HAI, “winter passes”).

Verb

yihah

1. a year or a winter is going by

Usage notes

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

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), third person only.