Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“up out”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Verb
haaʼnééh
- he/she/it is crawling up out (as from a hole or mud)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
haashʼnééh
|
haiiʼnééh
|
hadeiiʼnééh
|
| 2nd person
|
haniʼnééh
|
haahʼnééh
|
hadaahʼnééh
|
| 3rd person
|
haaʼnééh
|
hadaaʼnééh
|
| 4th person
|
hajiʼnééh
|
hadajiʼnééh
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
haashʼnaʼ
|
haiiʼnaʼ
|
hadasiiʼnaʼ
|
| 2nd person
|
háíníʼnaʼ
|
haoohʼnaʼ
|
hadasoohʼnaʼ
|
| 3rd person
|
haaʼnaʼ
|
hadaasʼnaʼ
|
| 4th person
|
hajooʼnaʼ
|
hadajisʼnaʼ
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
hadeeshʼnah
|
hadiiʼnah
|
hadadiiʼnah
|
| 2nd person
|
hadííʼnah
|
hadoohʼnah
|
hadadoohʼnah
|
| 3rd person
|
hadooʼnah
|
hadadooʼnah
|
| 4th person
|
hazhdooʼnah
|
hadazhdooʼnah
|
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh