yiyiinih

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-nih (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to act with the hand”).

Verb[edit]

yiyiinih

  1. he/she is squeezing it, compressing it
  2. he/she is milking it (a cow)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishnih yiiʼnih deiiʼnih
2nd person yiinih woohnih daoohnih
3rd person yiyiinih dayiinih
4th person jiinih dajiinih
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person sénih siiʼnih dasiiʼnih
2nd person sínínih soonih dasoonih
3rd person yiznih deiznih
4th person jiznih dajiznih

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