yildin

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -din (neuter imperfective stem of root -DĮĮD, “to endure, to stand, to like”).

Verb

yildin (intransitive)

1. (with doo... da) he/she is not liked or accepted

Usage notes

This verb is only used in the negative.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishdin	yiildin	deiildin
2nd person	nildin	wołdin	daałdin
3rd person	yildin		daaldin
4th person	jildin		dajildin

Related terms

• yiłdin