haltso

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tso (neuter imperfective stem of root -TSOII, “be yellow”)

Verb

haltso

1. the area is yellow
2. the area is grassy

Usage notes

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

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only

Related terms

• łitso