doolnih

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

doolnih

1. he/she is moving his/her arm

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshnih	diilnih	dadííníilnííh
2nd person	díílnih	doołnih	dadíínółnííh
3rd person	doolnih		deidéelnííh
4th person	jidoolnih		dazhdéelnííh

Related terms

• nayiiłniih
• néininih