yinóʼááh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -nó- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼááh (imperfective stem of root -ʼAAʼ, “to trick”).

Verb

yinóʼááh

1. he/she is luring him/her/it somewhere, tricking him/her/it into going somewhere

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nóshʼááh	niitʼááh	daniitʼááh
2nd person	níníʼááh	nohʼááh	danohʼááh
3rd person	yinóʼááh		deinóʼááh
4th person	jinóʼááh		dajinóʼááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nííʼaaʼ	niitʼaaʼ	daniitʼaaʼ
2nd person	nííníʼaaʼ	nooʼaaʼ	danooʼaaʼ
3rd person	yinííʼaaʼ		deineezʼaaʼ
4th person	jinííʼaaʼ		dazhneezʼaaʼ