náhodidleeh

náhodidleeh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

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