yidánoolní

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -dá- (“blocking”) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ní (neuter perfective stem of root -NIID, “to desire”). Literally, “desire blocks his/her mind”.

Verb

yidánoolní

  1. to want, crave, fancy

Conjugation

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person bidáneeshní bidániilní bidádaniilní
2nd person bidáninilní bidánoołní bidádanoołní
3rd person yidánoolní yidádanoolní
4th person bidázhní bidádazhní

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 175.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 450
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