Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).

Verb edit

yíʼnééh

  1. he/she/it arrives, comes crawling to a destination

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishʼnééh niiʼnééh daniiʼnééh
2nd person níʼnééh nohʼnééh danohʼnééh
3rd person yíʼnééh deíʼnééh
4th person jíʼnééh dajíʼnééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishʼnaʼ niiʼnaʼ daniiʼnaʼ
2nd person yíníʼnaʼ noohʼnaʼ danoohʼnaʼ
3rd person yíʼnaʼ daasʼnaʼ
4th person jíʼnaʼ dajisʼnaʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshʼnah diiʼnah dadiiʼnah
2nd person dííʼnah doohʼnah dadoohʼnah
3rd person dooʼnah dadooʼnah
4th person jidooʼnah dazhdooʼnah

Verbal stems edit

  • ITERATIVE: -nah
  • OPTATIVE: -nééh

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