yinizh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nizh (repetitive stem of root -NIZH, “to break a slender flexible object”).

Verb

yinizh

1. he/she is picking it, plucking it (flowers, hairs)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishnizh	yiiʼnizh	deiiʼnizh
2nd person	ninizh	wohnizh	daahnizh
3rd person	yinizh		deinizh
4th person	jinizh		dajinizh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yínizh	yiiʼnizh	deiiʼnizh
2nd person	yínínizh	woonizh	daoonizh
3rd person	yiyíínizh		dayíínizh
4th person	jíínizh		dajíínizh