náhodidleeh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ná- (back, reversionary) + -ho- (space, area, things) + -di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, shift triggered by ná-)-leeh (imperfective stem of root -LĮ́Į́ʼ, “to become”).

Verb[edit]

náhodidleeh

  1. (reversionary of hodileeh) things start to regenerate, to come back into being.
    Ńléí eʼeʼaah biyaají diné náhodideesdlį́į́ʼ jiní.
    The Navajos regenerated there in the west, it is said.

Conjugation[edit]

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE náhodileeh
PERFECTIVE náhodeesdlį́į́ʼ / náhodideesdlį́į́ʼ
FUTURE náhodidoodleeł