Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).

Verb edit

yidiłní

  1. he/she imitates the sound of something
    Tsídii bidishní.I'm imitating the sound of the bird.
    Néʼéshjaaʼ mósí yidiłní.The owl is imitating a cat.

Conjugation edit

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bidishní bidiilní dabidiilní
2nd person bidíłní bidołní dabidołní
3rd person yidiłní deidiłní
4th person bizhdiłní dabizhdiłní

See also edit