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hooghan

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Modern Navajo hooghan.
Interior of a hooghan.

Etymology

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ho- (deictic pronoun denoting space or area) + -ghan (verb stem meaning to live, reside)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hòːɣɑ̀n/
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Noun

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hooghan

  1. dwelling, home, hogan
    Hooghan baa hashneʼ dooleeł.
    Haʼaʼaahdę́ę́ʼ yah ajighááh. Ákweʼé nitsáhákees silá.
    Shádiʼááhjígo dashdiighááh. Ákweʼé nahatʼá silá.
    Áádóó eʼeʼaahjígo dashdiighááh. Ákweʼé iiná silá.
    Áádóó náhookǫsjígo dashdiighááh. Ákweʼé sih hasin silá.
    I will speak about the hogan.
    You enter from the east. Here thought exists.
    You head toward the south. Here planning exists.
    You head toward the west. Here life exists.
    You head toward the north. Here wisdom exists.

Inflection

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Possessives of hooghan
singular duoplural plural
1st person shighan nihighan danihighan
2nd person nighan nihighan danihighan
3rd person bighan
4th person (3o) yighan
4th person (3a) haghan
Indefinite (3i) aghan

Derived terms

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See also

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