hólǫ́

== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lǫ́ (neuter imperfective stem of root -LĮĮD, “to exist”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hólṍ/ === Verb === hólǫ́ there is, there are tó hólǫ́ ― there is water he/she/it exists, is located somewhere he/she/it has Kii bimá dóó bizhéʼé hólǫ́. ― Kii has a mother and father. Kii bimá dóó bizhéʼé bighan hólǫ́. ― Kii’s parents have a home. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb refers to existence and location. When describing what or how something is, use the verb nilį́ for animate subjects, and átʼé for inanimate subjects. This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective mode. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni). ==== Antonyms ==== ádin ==== Derived terms ==== bee hólǫ́ (“to have”) bizhééʼ hólóní (“beer”) Dził Bíniʼ Hólóonii hólónę́ę (“what was in existence”) hólónę́ęgóó (“to where it used to exist”) hólónígíí (“that which exists”) hólǫ́ǫgo (“because there are”) łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí (“cephalopod”) tsin bineestʼąʼ hólónígíí (“fruit tree”) ==== See also ==== nilį́ átʼé