yisdáʼnééh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]yisdá- (“to safety”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Verb
[edit]yisdáʼnééh
- he/she/it is crawling to safety, is reaching safety crawling
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with partial da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yisdáshʼnééh | yisdéiiʼnééh | yisdádeiiʼnééh |
| 2nd person | yisdáníʼnééh | yisdáhʼnééh | yisdádaahʼnééh |
| 3rd person | yisdáʼnééh | yisdádaaʼnééh | |
| 4th person | yisdájíʼnééh | yisdádajiʼnééh | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yisdááshʼnaʼ | yisdéiiʼnaʼ | yisdádeiiʼnaʼ |
| 2nd person | yisdéíníʼnaʼ | yisdáoohʼnaʼ | yisdádaoohʼnaʼ |
| 3rd person | yisdááʼnaʼ | yisdádaasʼnaʼ | |
| 4th person | yisdájooʼnaʼ | yisdádajisʼnaʼ | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yisdádeeshʼnah | yisdádiiʼnah | yisdádadiiʼnah |
| 2nd person | yisdádííʼnah | yisdádoohʼnah | yisdádadoohʼnah |
| 3rd person | yisdádooʼnah | yisdádadooʼnah | |
| 4th person | yisdázhdooʼnah | yisdádazhdooʼnah | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh