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Navajo
Etymology
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼaz (neuter perfective stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”).
Verb
hoozkʼaz
- it (a space or area) is cold
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.
See yééhoossįįd for a similar lengthening of ho- in the si-perfective.