yiníłʼį́

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ní- (thematic) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼį́ (durative stem of root -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, “to look”).

Verb

yiníłʼį́

he/she/it looks at it, takes a look at it, inspects it, examines it
Shá yiníłʼį́. ― He checks on it for me.

Shá nílʼį́. ― (passive) I display it, I have it checked (lit. it is looked at for me).

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (Ø/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	níshʼį́	níilʼį́	daníilʼį́
2nd person	níníłʼį́	nółʼį́	danółʼį́
3rd person	yiníłʼį́		deiníłʼį́
4th person	jiníłʼį́		dazhníłʼį́
Unspecified	—	Passive A	Passive B
Spatial	—	nílʼį́	bidiʼnílʼį́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nééłʼį́į́ʼ	níilʼį́į́ʼ	daníilʼį́į́ʼ
2nd person	níníłʼį́į́ʼ	nóołʼį́į́ʼ	danóołʼį́į́ʼ
3rd person	yinééłʼį́į́ʼ		deinééłʼį́į́ʼ
4th person	jinééłʼį́į́ʼ		dazhnééłʼį́į́ʼ
Unspecified	—	Passive A	Passive B
Spatial	—	néélʼį́į́ʼ	bidiʼnéélʼį́į́ʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dínéeshʼįįł	díníilʼįįł	dadíníilʼįįł
2nd person	dínííłʼįįł	dínóołʼįįł	dadínóołʼįįł
3rd person	yidínóołʼįįł		deidínóołʼįįł
4th person	jidínóołʼįįł		dazhdínóołʼįįł

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