náʼahanaad

== Navajo == === Etymology === ná- + ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -∅- (classifier) + -naad (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -NÁÁD, “to endure?”). === Verb === náʼahanaad a long period of time passes it lasts for a long time Binááʼádaałtsʼózí bił daʼahiigą́ągo náʼahóónáád ― We fought the Japanese for a long time ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), 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 547. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 419