hooghan

Navajo

Modern Navajo hooghan.

Interior of a hooghan.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hòːɣɑ̀n/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

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

• aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan (“courthouse”)
• atsiniltłʼish bá hooghan (“power plant”)
• béeso bá hooghan (“bank”)
• hooghan bikááʼ (“roof”)
• hooghan niitłʼiní (“log hogan”)
• naalyéhé bá hooghan (“department store, supermarket”)
• tsáskʼeh bá hooghan (“hotel”)

See also

• kin