hoolzhíísh

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== Navajo == === Etymology === ho- (“space, area, things”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhíísh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -ZHIIZH, “time passes”). === Verb === hoolzhíísh a season or period of time arrives, comes ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), 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 461. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 779