hodéezyéél

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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

  1. the place is quiet, noiseless, there is silence

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only

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