hooghan
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Etymology
[edit]ho- (deictic pronoun denoting space or area) + -ghan (verb stem meaning to live, reside)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hooghan
- 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.
- I will speak about the hogan.
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]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”)