yinííł
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Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nííł (imperfective stem of root -NIL, “to handle several objects”).
Verb
[edit]yinííł
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishnííł | yiiʼnííł | deiiʼnííł |
| 2nd person | ninííł | wohnííł | daahnííł |
| 3rd person | yinííł | deinííł | |
| 4th person | jinííł | dajinííł | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yínil | yiiʼnil | dasiiʼnil |
| 2nd person | yínínil | woonil | dasoonil |
| 3rd person | yiyíínil | deiznil | |
| 4th person | jíínil | dajiznil | |
See also
[edit]| Navajo Handle Themes | to move it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | ∅ | -ʼĄ́ | yiʼaah |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
∅ | -LÁ | yilé |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ł | -TSOOZ | yiłtsóós |
| SSO | stick, pole | ∅ | -TĄ́ | yitįįh |
| AnO | animate, doll | ł | -TĮ́ | yiłteeh |
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
| MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
| LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
| PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
| PlO2 | profusion | ∅ | -JAAʼ | yijááh |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container |
∅ | -KĄ́ | yikaah |
| Navajo Propel Themes | to throw it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | ł | -NEʼ | yiłneʼ |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
ł | -DÉÉL | yiłdeeł |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ∅ | -ʼAH | yiʼáád |
| SSO | stick, pole | ł | -TʼEʼ | yiłtʼeʼ |
| AnO | animate, doll | |||
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
| MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
| LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
| PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
| PlO2 | profusion | ł | -KAAD | yiłkaad |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container | |||