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START / NODE 384Present-Day English1871–today
hogan
An English borrowing of Navajo hooghan, a home or dwelling term with specific Diné cultural reference.
“Hogan is not a generic synonym for “primitive hut.” It is an Anglicized Diné word, hooghan, embedded in a particular architecture and cultural life.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishhogan
a traditional Diné dwelling; the borrowed English term
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Navajo / Diné bizaad · Navajo historical and modern recordhooghanhome, house, dwelling
- SOUND CHANGE
- English hogan anglicizes Navajo hooghan, shortening the long vowel and regularizing the consonant and unstressed ending.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- A Diné home or dwelling term becomes the English label for the traditional structure.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster · Navajo Word of the Day editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- English first-known-use report: 1871.
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