hazʼą́
Navajo
Etymology
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -si- (modal) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -ʼą́ (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”).
Verb
hazʼą́
- there is space, room
- Shá hazʼą́. ― I have some room.
- Doo ná hazʼą́ą da. ― There is no room for you
- it is permissible, legal
- Bee shá hazʼą́. ― It is permissible for me to do it, I'm allowed to do it.
- Doo bee ná hazʼą́ą da. ― You have no right
- a disease strikes
- Bee shąąh dah hazʼą́. ― I have it (a disease).
- can do, can be, could, been able, being able
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.
Like other si-perfective positional (see sidá), plural forms are built by prefixing na-, with optional plural da- : nahazʼą́, ndahazʼą́.
Derived terms
- tó háálį́įgo bá hazʼą́ (“fountain”)