Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (arms, legs) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-nííh (imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to act with the hand”).

Verb edit

dilnííh

  1. he/she is extending, stretching his/her hand somewhere, is reaching somewhere

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person dishnííh diilnííh dadiilnííh
2nd person dílnííh dołnííh dadołnííh
3rd person dilnííh dadilnííh
4th person jidilnííh dazhdilnííh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshniiʼ diilniiʼ dadiilniiʼ
2nd person díínílniiʼ doołniiʼ dadoołniiʼ
3rd person doolniiʼ dadoolniiʼ
4th person jidoolniiʼ dazhdoolniiʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person dideeshnih didiilnih dadidiilnih
2nd person didíílnih didoołnih dadidoołnih
3rd person didoolnih dadidoolnih
4th person dizhdoolnih dazhdidoolnih

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