honinééh

== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NÁ, “to win”). === Verb === honinééh to lose (a competition, race, war, etc.) ==== Usage notes ==== Always preceded by baa. ==== Conjugation ==== === 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 455.