yiʼnah

See also: yíʼnah

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, thematic) + -nah (progressive stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).

Verb

yiʼnah

1. he/she/it is crawling along

Usage notes

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishʼnah	yiiʼnah	deíníiʼnééh
2nd person	yíʼnah	wohʼnah	deínóhʼnééh
3rd person	yiʼnah		deíʼnééh
4th person	jooʼnah		dajíʼnééh

Related terms

• chʼéʼnééh
• diʼnééh
• haaʼnééh
• hiʼnééh
• iiʼnééh
• kʼéʼnééh
• naaʼnaʼ
• yiʼnééh
• yíʼnééh
• yisdáháʼnééh
• yisdáʼnééh