honiikʼáás

== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼáás (imperfective stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”). === Verb === honiikʼáás it (the weather, an area) becomes cool ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Transitional, 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 457. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 339