honiigááh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Navajo ==
=== Etymology ===
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (terminative) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gááh (momentaneous stem of root -GAII, “to white”)
=== Verb ===
honiigááh
the weather gets hot
the weather warms up
a room warms up, gets hot
(with bitah) to become feverish, get a fever
Synonym: honeezgai
==== Conjugation ====
Paradigm: Transitional (∅/∅)
==== Derived terms ====
tahoniigááh (“fever”)
=== 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 456.
Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 196