"yidiłní" meaning in Navajo

See yidiłní in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jɪ̀tɪ̀ɬnɪ́/
Etymology: y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”). Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|3o|a}} y- (3rd person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|di}} -di- (thematic), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|ł}} -ł- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|3o|di|3s|ł}} y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ní</i>}} -ní, {{nv-link-to-stem|-ní|neuter imperfective}} + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-NIID</i>}} -NIID, {{nv-link-to-root|-NIID|say}} root -NIID, “to say”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} yidiłní Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bidishní [first-person, imperfective, singular], bidiilní [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], dabidiilní [first-person, imperfective, plural], bidíłní [imperfective, second-person, singular], bidołní [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], dabidołní [imperfective, plural, second-person], yidiłní [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], deidiłní [imperfective, plural, third-person], bizhdiłní [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], dabizhdiłní [fourth-person, imperfective, plural]
  1. he/she imitates the sound of something Related terms: , haʼní, yiłní, ííłní

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3o",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "y- (3rd person object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "di"
      },
      "expansion": "-di- (thematic)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ł"
      },
      "expansion": "-ł- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3o",
        "2": "di",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "ł"
      },
      "expansion": "y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-ní</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ní",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ní",
        "2": "neuter imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ní (neuter imperfective stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-NIID</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-NIID",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-NIID",
        "2": "say"
      },
      "expansion": "root -NIID, “to say”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidishní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidiilní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dabidiilní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidíłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidołní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dabidołní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yidiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deidiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bizhdiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dabizhdiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "yidiłní",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIID (say)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with di- (thematic)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "nv:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm imitating the sound of the bird.",
          "text": "Tsídii bidishní.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The owl is imitating a cat.",
          "text": "Néʼéshjaaʼ mósí yidiłní.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he/she imitates the sound of something"
      ],
      "id": "en-yidiłní-nv-verb-0Py90Fvo",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ní"
        },
        {
          "word": "haʼní"
        },
        {
          "word": "yiłní"
        },
        {
          "word": "ííłní"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪ̀tɪ̀ɬnɪ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yidiłní"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3o",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "y- (3rd person object prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "di"
      },
      "expansion": "-di- (thematic)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ł"
      },
      "expansion": "-ł- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3o",
        "2": "di",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "ł"
      },
      "expansion": "y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-ní</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ní",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ní",
        "2": "neuter imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ní (neuter imperfective stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-NIID</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-NIID",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-NIID",
        "2": "say"
      },
      "expansion": "root -NIID, “to say”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidishní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidiilní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dabidiilní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidíłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidołní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dabidołní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yidiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deidiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bizhdiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dabizhdiłní",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "yidiłní",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ní"
    },
    {
      "word": "haʼní"
    },
    {
      "word": "yiłní"
    },
    {
      "word": "ííłní"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo terms belonging to the root -NIID (say)",
        "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with di- (thematic)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)",
        "Navajo terms with usage examples",
        "Navajo verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nv:Talking"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm imitating the sound of the bird.",
          "text": "Tsídii bidishní.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The owl is imitating a cat.",
          "text": "Néʼéshjaaʼ mósí yidiłní.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he/she imitates the sound of something"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪ̀tɪ̀ɬnɪ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yidiłní"
}

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