ha-

ha-

1. prefix indicating a relatively high degree of affectedness; contrasthe-

   ha-komangdi : to blunt something, to make it blunt (contrast he-komangdi : to dull something, to make it less sharp)

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

ha-

1. third person masculine agent pronominal prefix; he

• Marianne Mithun; Reginald Henry (1982) Wadęwayę́stanih - A Cayuga Teaching Grammar, 3rd edition, Woodland Cultural Centre, published 2015, page 66

Represents multiple homophonous thematic prefixes of position I, whose exact identification and etymology remain difficult. Young and Morgan (1987, 1992) identify 6 such prefixes. Their main divider is the perfective paradigm they select (∅-, yi- or yii-perfective).

ha- (position I)

1. (∅/yi) up and out, extraction

   • haigééd ― to dig it up out, to mine it

2. (∅/yi) examine, inspect

   • haasííd ― to inspect it

3. (∅/si) upwards, climbing, ascending

   • haaʼnééh ― to climb up crawling

4. (∅/si) for, after, search (related to -ka and -ká)

   • hainitá ― to look for
   • haalzheeh ― to go hunting for (deer)

5. (∅/si) old, aging, wearing out

   • haatih ― to grow old

6. (yii/yii) completeness, occurs with di- (see hadii-)

   • hadiisǫ́ǫ́s ― to rip it from end to end

► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix ha-

• hadii-
• -ka
• -ká

Alternative form of ho- when found immediately in pre-stem position.

ha- (position IV/V)

1. indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space or area

   • halchííʼ ― red (area)

2. thematic prefix

   • halneʼ ― to tell

► Navajo verbs with object prefix ho/ha-

• ho-

From Proto-Oceanic *ka-.

• IPA^(key): /ɣa/

ha-

1. A possessive marker used for food.

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 371

• IPA^(key): /ha/

ha-

1. h-prothesized form of a-