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Rh 67. honā 'to be' or 'become.' Root, ho.

Gerund (or Infinitive), honā 'being' or 'to be.' Agent (present or future), honewālā, honehārā, 'one who is,' or 'who is to become'; honhār 'what may (or will) be.'

Participles.

Simple.

Past or Perfect, huā 'been' or 'become.'

Past Conjunctive, ho, -ho e, hoke, hokar 'having been' or 'become.'

Present or Imperfect, hotā 'being.'

Adverbial Past, hūe 'having been.'

Adverbial Present, hote 'being,'

Compound.

Present Continuative, hotā huā 'while being.'

Adverbial Progressive, hote hote 'whilst being.'

Adverbial Emphatic or Intensive, hote-hī 'on being,' 'at the instant of being or becoming.'