Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (“away”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nííł (imperfective stem of root -NIL, “to handle several objects”).
Verb
iinííł
- he/she is putting them or tossing them away out of sight (plural relatively large objects)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective
|
singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
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iishnííł
|
iiʼnííł
|
adeiiʼnííł
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| 2nd person
|
aninííł
|
oohnííł
|
adaahnííł
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| 3rd person
|
iinííł
|
adaanííł
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| 4th person
|
ajinííł
|
adajinííł
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| perfective
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singular
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duoplural
|
plural
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| 1st person
|
íínil
|
iiʼnil
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adasiiʼnil
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| 2nd person
|
íínínil
|
oonil
|
adasoonil
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| 3rd person
|
íínil
|
adaaznil
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| 4th person
|
ajíínil
|
adajiznil
|
| future
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singular
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duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
adeeshnił
|
adiiʼnił
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adadiiʼnił
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| 2nd person
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adíínił
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adoohnił
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adadoohnił
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| 3rd person
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adoonił
|
adadoonił
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| 4th person
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azhdoonił
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adazhdoonił
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