diʼnééh

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).

Verb

diʼnééh

1. he/she/it starts to crawl along

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dishʼnééh	diiʼnééh	dadiiʼnééh
2nd person	díʼnééh	dohʼnééh	dadohʼnééh
3rd person	diʼnééh		dadiʼnééh
4th person	jidiʼnééh		dazhdiʼnééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	désʼnaʼ	deeʼnaʼ	dadeeʼnaʼ
2nd person	díníʼnaʼ	disoohʼnaʼ	dadisoohʼnaʼ
3rd person	deesʼnaʼ		dadeesʼnaʼ
4th person	jideesʼnaʼ		dazhdeesʼnaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dideeshʼnah	didiiʼnah	dadidiiʼnah
2nd person	didííʼnah	didoohʼnah	dadidoohʼnah
3rd person	didooʼnah		dadidooʼnah
4th person	dizhdooʼnah		dazhdidooʼnah

Verbal stems

• ITERATIVE: -nah
• OPTATIVE: -nééh

Related terms

• chʼéʼnééh
• haaʼnééh
• hiʼnééh
• iiʼnééh
• kʼéʼnééh
• naaʼnaʼ
• ńdiiʼnééh
• yiʼnah
• yiʼnééh
• yíʼnééh
• yisdáháʼnééh
• yisdáʼnééh