yisdáʼnééh

Navajo

Etymology

yisdá- (“to safety”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).

Verb

yisdáʼnééh

1. he/she/it is crawling to safety, is reaching safety crawling

Conjugation

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

• ITERATIVE: -nah
• OPTATIVE: -nééh

Related terms

• chʼéʼnééh
• diʼnééh
• haaʼnééh
• hiʼnééh
• iiʼnééh
• kʼéʼnééh
• naaʼnaʼ
• yiʼnah
• yiʼnééh
• yíʼnééh
• yisdáháʼnééh