niyé

== Lakota == === Pronoun === niyé you (2nd-person singular emphatic pronoun) alternative form of niyépi ==== Usage notes ==== Independent pronouns are only used for emphasis, where they would otherwise be expressed with pronominal prefixes attached to verbs. There are two sets of independent pronouns, one of which is used for emphatic purposes and with specific adverbs and participles (e.g., hé miyé (“it is me”), iyé kayéš (“even he/she/it”)) and the other (called “adversative”) for emphasizing a distinct referent in a sentence (e.g., míš (“as for me”)). The two sets can be used in combination, such as niyé níš (“you yourself”), íŋš iyéke (“it is up to him/her”). ==== See also ==== == Navajo == === Etymology === ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yé (conclusive imperfective stem of root -YĄ́, “to grow”). === Verb === niyé he/she/it grows up, reaches maturity ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si). === 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 663. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 681