haatʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

haatʼééh

1. it extends or stretches up out (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
2. it comes up for discussion (as a topic or issue)

   Éí doo hanáádootʼih da. ― It will not come up again.

3. it is introduced to someone (as a concept or practice)

   Íhooʼaah wolyéii nihichʼįʼ háátʼiʼ. ― Education was introduced to us.

4. it starts, originates (as life or war)

   Anaaʼ háátʼiʼ. ― The war started.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	haatʼééh
PERFECTIVE	háátʼiʼ
FUTURE	hadootih

Related terms

• chʼétʼééh
• chʼííłtʼééh
• ditʼééh
• haiłtʼééh
• iiłtʼééh
• iitʼééh
• naatʼiʼ
• neiłtʼiʼ
• néíłtʼih
• yidiłtʼééh
• yiłtʼééh
• yitʼééh
• yítʼééh
• yítʼiʼ
• yoołtʼih