diʼnééh
Navajo
Etymology
di- (inceptive) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Verb
diʼnééh
- he/she/it starts to crawl along
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dishʼnééh | diiʼnééh | dadiiʼnééh |
| 2nd person | díʼnééh | dohʼnééh | dadohʼnééh |
| 3rd person | diʼnééh | dadiʼnééh | |
| 4th person | jidiʼnééh | dazhdiʼnééh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | désʼnaʼ | deeʼnaʼ | dadeeʼnaʼ |
| 2nd person | díníʼnaʼ | disoohʼnaʼ | dadisoohʼnaʼ |
| 3rd person | deesʼnaʼ | dadeesʼnaʼ | |
| 4th person | jideesʼnaʼ | dazhdeesʼnaʼ | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dideeshʼnah | didiiʼnah | dadidiiʼnah |
| 2nd person | didííʼnah | didoohʼnah | dadidoohʼnah |
| 3rd person | didooʼnah | dadidooʼnah | |
| 4th person | dizhdooʼnah | dazhdidooʼnah | |
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh
Related terms
- chʼéʼnééh
- haaʼnééh
- hiʼnééh
- iiʼnééh
- kʼéʼnééh
- naaʼnaʼ
- ńdiiʼnééh
- yiʼnah
- yiʼnééh
- yíʼnééh
- yisdáháʼnééh
- yisdáʼnééh