haiłtʼééh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ha- (“up out”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).
Verb
[edit]haiłtʼééh
- he/she is extending it out horizontally (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | haashtʼééh | haiiltʼééh | hadeiiltʼééh |
| 2nd person | haniłtʼééh | haałtʼééh | hadaałtʼééh |
| 3rd person | haiłtʼééh | hadeiłtʼééh | |
| 4th person | hajiłtʼééh | hadajiłtʼééh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hááłtʼiʼ | haiiltʼiʼ | hadasiiltʼiʼ |
| 2nd person | háíníłtʼiʼ | haoołtʼiʼ | hadasoołtʼiʼ |
| 3rd person | hayííłtʼiʼ | hadeistʼiʼ | |
| 4th person | hajííłtʼiʼ | hadajistʼiʼ | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hadeeshtʼih | hadiiltʼih | hadadiiltʼih |
| 2nd person | hadííłtʼih | hadoołtʼih | hadadoołtʼih |
| 3rd person | haidoołtʼih | hadeidoołtʼih | |
| 4th person | hazhdoołtʼih | hadazhdoołtʼih | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -tʼih
- OPTATIVE: -tʼééh