nináháhááh

Navajo

Etymology

ni- (terminative, disjunct) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -hi- (seriative) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -hááh (imperfective stem of root -HAI, “winter passes”).

Verb

nináháhááh

years or winters go by one after the other

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	nináháhááh
PERFECTIVE	nináhaasxai
FUTURE	nináhidoohah

Derived terms

nináháháhígíí

Related terms

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