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haniih

haniih

Navajo

Verb

haniih

  1. he/she knows it, knows all about it, is an authority on it
    Shicheii dziłkʼijí haniih — My grandfather knows the Mountain Chant.
    Díí hastiin azeeʼ naagháagi haniih — This man knows all about medicine.

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective .

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person hashniih hwiiʼniih dahwiiʼniih
2nd person hóniih hohniih dahohniih
3rd person haniih dahaniih
4th person hojiniih dahojiniih

Etymology

ho- ‎(“space, area, things”) + -Ø- ‎(3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- ‎(classifier) + -niih (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to know”).

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