haʼní

== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“oral”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, passive) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of the root -NIID, “to say”). Like with ní (“he says”), di- deletes in the third person, but only optionally: hodiʼní. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑ̀ʔnɪ́/ === Verb === haʼní they say, it is said Kinłání doo ayóo deesdoi da łeh haʼní ― Flagstaff is usually not very hot, it is said. 2000, Memories Come to Us in the Rain and Wind: Oral Histories and Photographs of Navajo Uranium Miners and Their Families ==== Usage notes ==== This is a neuter verb. For conjugations in other modes, see the corresponding active verb haʼniih (Perf. hodooʼniid). ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only. ==== Related terms ==== haʼniih haʼníigo ní