haidinilkááh

== Navajo == === Etymology === ha- (“up out”) + -yi- (relates to color) + -di- (inceptive) + ni- + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of the root -KĄ́, “night passes”). === Verb === haidinilkááh dawn starts to break the entire night passes ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only. === References === Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 398. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 299