hachįʼ

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -chįʼ (neuter imperfective stem of root -CHĮĮD, “to be nasty, angry”).

Verb

hachįʼ

it is nasty
(with bá) he/she/it is angry
Shá hóóchįįd. ― I'm angry.
(with bichʼįʼ) he/she/it is angry with
Amá yichʼįʼ bá hachįʼ. ― He is angry with his mother.

Usage notes

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (Ø), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	hachįʼ
PERFECTIVE	hóóchįįd
FUTURE	-

Related terms

hachįįh
halchįįh
hałchįįh

Derived terms

áháchįʼ

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