Navajo

Verb

hólǫ́

1. there is, there are

   tó hólǫ́ — there is water

2. he/she/it exists, is located somewhere
3. he/she/it has

   Kii bimá dóó bizhéʼé hólǫ́. — Kii has a mother and father.

   Kii bimá dóó bizhéʼé bighan hólǫ́. — Kii’s parents have a home.

Usage notes

This verb refers to existence and location. When describing what or how something is, use the verb nilį́ for animate subjects, and átʼé for inanimate subjects.

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni) .

Derived terms

• hólónę́ę (what was in existence)
• hólónę́ęgóó (to where it used to exist)
• hólónígíí (that which exists)
• hólǫ́ǫgo (because there are)
• łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí (cephalopod)

Antonyms

• ádin

See also

• nilį́
• átʼé