naaniyeed

Etymology

naani- (crosswise) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yeed (momentaneous stem of root -WOD, “to bend”)

Verb

naaniyeed

  1. it bends and falls over dislocated (as a tree in the wind)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE naaniyeed
PERFECTIVE naaniníwod
FUTURE naandoowoł
ITERATIVE naanináwoʼ
OPTATIVE naanooyeed

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 590.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 648
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