áyóʼní

Navajo

Etymology

ʼá- (“thus”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -d- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to desire, to love”)

Verb

áyóʼní

1. he/she loves it

   Ayóí ánóshʼní. ― I love you.

   Ayóí áshííníʼní. ― You love me.

   Ayóí ádóʼní. ― He loves himself. He is stuck up.

   Ayóí ádeíníiʼní. ― We love him.

   Ayói ádanííníiʼní. ― We love you.

Usage notes

This verb is used together with ayóí or ayóó. This is a neuter verb. As such, it is only used in the imperfective.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

NEUTER IMP	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	óoshʼní, ííníshʼní	ííníiʼní	ádeíníiʼní
2nd person	ííníʼní	íínóhʼní	ádeínóhʼní
3rd person	áyóʼní		ádayóʼní
4th person	ájóʼní		ádajóʼní

See also: ayóóʼáyóʼní