náhádleeh
Navajo
Etymology
ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, shift triggered by ná-) + -leeh (imperfective stem of root -LĮ́Į́ʼ, “to become”).
Verb
náhádleeh
- (Spatial person of nádleeh, itself reversionary of yileeh “to become”) things come back into being, are being restored, regenerate.
- hózhǫ́ náhásdlį́į́ʼ
- it has become beauty again; harmony is restored
- Dąągo nahasdzáán bikááʼ tłʼoh bee hodootłʼizh nínáhádleeh.
- In the springtime the earth’s surface gets back to its cover of green.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si), third person only.
3rd person singular | |
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IMPERFECTIVE | náhádleeh |
PERFECTIVE | náhásdlį́į́ʼ |
FUTURE | náhodoodleeł |
ITERATIVE | nínáhádleeh |
OPTATIVE | náhódleʼ |
- Semeliterative: nááhádleeh
- Progressive: náhoodleeł
Related terms
- hodileeh
- náhodidleeh
- haleeh (“to come into being”)
- nádleeh (“to revert to previous state”)
- yileeh (“to become”)