haaʼnééh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

haaʼnééh

1. he/she/it is crawling up out (as from a hole or mud)

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	haashʼnééh	haiiʼnééh	hadeiiʼnééh
2nd person	haniʼnééh	haahʼnééh	hadaahʼnééh
3rd person	haaʼnééh		hadaaʼnééh
4th person	hajiʼnééh		hadajiʼnééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	haashʼnaʼ	haiiʼnaʼ	hadasiiʼnaʼ
2nd person	háíníʼnaʼ	haoohʼnaʼ	hadasoohʼnaʼ
3rd person	haaʼnaʼ		hadaasʼnaʼ
4th person	hajooʼnaʼ		hadajisʼnaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hadeeshʼnah	hadiiʼnah	hadadiiʼnah
2nd person	hadííʼnah	hadoohʼnah	hadadoohʼnah
3rd person	hadooʼnah		hadadooʼnah
4th person	hazhdooʼnah		hadazhdooʼnah

Verbal stems

• ITERATIVE: -nah
• OPTATIVE: -nééh

Related terms

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