hodilįįh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Navajo ==
=== Etymology ===
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lįįh (momentaneous imperfective stem of the root -LĮĮD, “to exist”)
=== Verb ===
hodilįįh
to come into being, start to exist
==== Usage notes ====
This verb is used only of animate beings.
==== Conjugation ====
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only
==== See also ====
hodileeh
=== 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 451.
Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 378