hoołʼaah

hoołʼaah

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”).

Verb

hoołʼaah

1. to make room

   Shá hoołʼaah ! ― Make room for me! (2dpl)

2. to pass a law, to make a rule

   Bee hooshʼaah. ― I make it a rule.

3. to make someone sick

   X shąąh dah hoołʼaʼ. ― Disease X made me sick, I caught X.

   X-ee shąąh dah hwiiniłʼaʼ. ― You gave me disease X.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hooshʼaah	hwiilʼaah	dahwiilʼaah
2nd person	hoołʼaah	hoołʼaah	dahoołʼaah
3rd person	hoołʼaah		dahoołʼaah
4th person	hojiiłʼaah		dahojiiłʼaah

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hoołʼaʼ	hwiilʼaʼ	dahwiilʼaʼ
2nd person	hwiiniłʼaʼ	hoołʼaʼ	dahoołʼaʼ
3rd person	hoołʼaʼ		dahoołʼaʼ
4th person	hojiiłʼaʼ		dahojiiłʼaʼ

Also found in Neuter Perfective (si):

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hoséłʼą́	hosiilʼą́	dahosiilʼą́
2nd person	hosíníłʼą́	hosoołʼą́	dahosoołʼą́
3rd person	hasʼą́		nahasʼą́ / ndahasʼą́
4th person	hojisʼą́		?

Related terms

• hazʼą́
• hooʼaah