hóóyééʼ

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ho- (space, area, things) + -◌́◌́- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-yééʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -YÉÉʼ, “terror”).

Verb[edit]

hóóyééʼ (perfective)

  1. it became dreadful, terrifying
    Tʼóó bił hóóyééʼ.He became terrified.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hóyééʼ
PERFECTIVE hóóyééʼ
FUTURE

The imperfective belongs to a different paradigm, but is included here for reference.

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