náhádleeh

Navajo

Etymology

ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, shift triggered by ná-) + -leeh (imperfective stem of root -LĮ́Į́ʼ, “to become”).

Verb

náhádleeh

1. (Spatial person of nádleeh, itself reversionary of yileeh “to become”) things come back into being, are being restored, regenerate.

   hózhǫ́ náhásdlį́į́ʼ

   it has become beauty again; harmony is restored

   Dąągo nahasdzáán bikááʼ tłʼoh bee hodootłʼizh nínáhádleeh.

   In the springtime the earth’s surface gets back to its cover of green.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only.

• Semeliterative: nááhádleeh
• Progressive: náhoodleeł

Related terms

• hodileeh
• náhodidleeh
• haleeh (“to come into being”)
• nádleeh (“to revert to previous state”)
• yileeh (“to become”)