hóyééʼ

hóyééʼ

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -yééʼ (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉʼ, “terror”).

Verb

hóyééʼ

1. to be dreadful, terrifying, terrible, frightening, awful

   Tʼóó bił hóyééʼ. ― He is terrified.

   Tʼóó bił hóóyééʼ. ― He became terrified.

2. to be lazy

   Bił hóyééʼ. ― He is lazy

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	hóyééʼ
PERFECTIVE	hóóyééʼ
FUTURE	—

The perfective belongs to a different paradigm, but is included here for reference.

See also

• hóóyééʼ (perfective)