"haniih" meaning in Navajo

See haniih in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /hɑ̀nìːh/
Etymology: ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -niih (neuter imperfective stem of the root -NIIʼ, “to know”). Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|ho|a}} ho- (“space, area, things”), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|ho|3s|-}} ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-niih</i>}} -niih, {{nv-link-to-stem|-niih|neuter imperfective}} + -niih (neuter imperfective stem of the, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-NIIʼ</i>}} -NIIʼ, {{nv-link-to-root|-NIIʼ|know}} root -NIIʼ, “to know”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} haniih Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hashniih [first-person, imperfective, singular], hwiiʼniih [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], dahwiiʼniih [first-person, imperfective, plural], hóniih [imperfective, second-person, singular], hohniih [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], dahohniih [imperfective, plural, second-person], haniih [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], dahaniih [imperfective, plural, third-person], hojiniih [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], dahojiniih [fourth-person, imperfective, plural]
  1. he/she knows it, knows all about it, is an authority on it

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ho",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ho- (“space, area, things”)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ho",
        "2": "3s",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-niih</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-niih",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-niih",
        "2": "neuter imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -niih (neuter imperfective stem of the",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-NIIʼ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-NIIʼ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-NIIʼ",
        "2": "know"
      },
      "expansion": "root -NIIʼ, “to know”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -niih (neuter imperfective stem of the root -NIIʼ, “to know”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hashniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwiiʼniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahwiiʼniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hóniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hohniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahohniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahaniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hojiniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahojiniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "haniih",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIIʼ (know)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ho-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (∅) aspect",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My grandfather knows the Mountain Chant.",
          "text": "Shicheii Dziłkʼijí haniih",
          "translation": "My grandfather knows the Mountain Chant.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This man knows all about medicine.",
          "text": "Díí hastiin azeeʼ naagháagi haniih",
          "translation": "This man knows all about medicine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he/she knows it, knows all about it, is an authority on it"
      ],
      "id": "en-haniih-nv-verb-IKh5XABM",
      "links": [
        [
          "knows",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "knows",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑ̀nìːh/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haniih"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ho",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ho- (“space, area, things”)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ho",
        "2": "3s",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-niih</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-niih",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-niih",
        "2": "neuter imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -niih (neuter imperfective stem of the",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-NIIʼ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-NIIʼ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-NIIʼ",
        "2": "know"
      },
      "expansion": "root -NIIʼ, “to know”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ho- (“space, area, things”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -niih (neuter imperfective stem of the root -NIIʼ, “to know”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hashniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwiiʼniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahwiiʼniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hóniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hohniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahohniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahaniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hojiniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dahojiniih",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "haniih",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIIʼ (know)",
        "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ho-",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
        "Navajo terms with usage examples",
        "Navajo verbs",
        "Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (∅) aspect",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My grandfather knows the Mountain Chant.",
          "text": "Shicheii Dziłkʼijí haniih",
          "translation": "My grandfather knows the Mountain Chant.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This man knows all about medicine.",
          "text": "Díí hastiin azeeʼ naagháagi haniih",
          "translation": "This man knows all about medicine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he/she knows it, knows all about it, is an authority on it"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knows",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "knows",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑ̀nìːh/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haniih"
}

Download raw JSONL data for haniih meaning in Navajo (3.4kB)

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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "haniih"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "haniih",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 26"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "haniih"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "haniih",
  "trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 26"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "haniih",
  "trace": ""
}

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