dilnííh

Navajo

Etymology

di- (“arms, legs”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -nííh (imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to act with the hand”).

Verb

dilnííh

1. he/she is extending, stretching his/her hand somewhere, is reaching somewhere

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dishnííh	diilnííh	dadiilnííh
2nd person	dílnííh	dołnííh	dadołnííh
3rd person	dilnííh		dadilnííh
4th person	jidilnííh		dazhdilnííh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshniiʼ	diilniiʼ	dadiilniiʼ
2nd person	díínílniiʼ	doołniiʼ	dadoołniiʼ
3rd person	doolniiʼ		dadoolniiʼ
4th person	jidoolniiʼ		dazhdoolniiʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dideeshnih	didiilnih	dadidiilnih
2nd person	didíílnih	didoołnih	dadidoołnih
3rd person	didoolnih		dadidoolnih
4th person	dizhdoolnih		dazhdidoolnih

Related terms

• nayiiłniih
• néininih