diłnííh

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nííh (momentaneous stem of root -NIIʼ, “a wave passes”)

Verb

diłnííh

  1. it starts to move along (as a disease, famine, poverty, etc.)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE diłnííh
PERFECTIVE deesniiʼ
FUTURE didoołnih
ITERATIVE ńdíłnih
OPTATIVE dółnííh

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 476.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 458
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