iiʼnééh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔìːʔnéːh/

Verb

iiʼnééh

1. he/she/it is crawling away

   Yah iiʼnééh. ― He crawls away into an enclosure.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

imperfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iishʼnééh	iiʼnééh	adeiiʼnééh
2nd person	aniʼnééh	oohʼnééh	adaahʼnééh
3rd person	iiʼnééh		adaaʼnééh
4th person	ajiʼnééh		adajiʼnééh

perfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	eeshʼnaʼ	iiʼnaʼ	adasiiʼnaʼ
2nd person	ííníʼnaʼ	oohʼnaʼ	adasoohʼnaʼ
3rd person	eeʼnaʼ		adaasʼnaʼ
4th person	ajooʼnaʼ		adajisʼnaʼ

future	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshʼnah	adiiʼnah	adadiiʼnah
2nd person	adííʼnah	adoohʼnah	adadoohʼnah
3rd person	adooʼnah		adadooʼnah
4th person	azhdooʼnah		adazhdooʼnah

Verbal stems

• ITERATIVE: -nah
• OPTATIVE: -nééh

Related terms

• bikʼéʼnééh
• chʼéʼnééh
• diʼnééh
• haaʼnééh
• hiʼnééh
• naaʼnaʼ
• yisdáháʼnééh
• yisdáʼnééh
• yiʼnah
• yiʼnééh
• yíʼnééh

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 484.