yíʼnééh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yíʼnééh

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

Conjugation

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

• ITERATIVE: -nah
• OPTATIVE: -nééh

Related terms

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