hooʼaah

== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hòːʔɑ̀ːh/ === Verb === hooʼaah there is room, room is made for someone Shá hooʼaʼ. ― I got some room. a law passes about something Bee hooʼaʼ. ― It became a law, has been made legal. a disease strikes someone, someone gets sick shąąh dah hooʼaʼ. ― I got sick. Bee shąąh dah hooʼaʼ. ― I caught it (a disease), lit. impersonal-it stroke me with the disease. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii), third person only. ==== Related terms ==== hazʼą́ hoołʼaah