yiyiinih

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nih (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to act with the hand”).

Verb

yiyiinih

1. he/she is squeezing it, compressing it
2. he/she is milking it (a cow)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishnih	yiiʼnih	deiiʼnih
2nd person	yiinih	woohnih	daoohnih
3rd person	yiyiinih		dayiinih
4th person	jiinih		dajiinih

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sénih	siiʼnih	dasiiʼnih
2nd person	sínínih	soonih	dasoonih
3rd person	yiznih		deiznih
4th person	jiznih		dajiznih

Related terms

• nayiiłniih
• néininih