iiłkeed
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ʼa- (“away”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -keed (imperfective stem of root -KID, “to slide — the shutter, the lever”).
Verb
[edit]iiłkeed
- he/she is photographing him/her/it, taking his/her/its picture
- he/she is shifting gears using it, shifting into it (a gear)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | iishkeed | iilkeed | adeiilkeed |
| 2nd person | aniłkeed | oołkeed | adaałkeed |
| 3rd person | iiłkeed | adeiłkeed | |
| 4th person | ajiłkeed | adajiłkeed | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ííłkid | iilkid | adasiilkid |
| 2nd person | ííníłkid | oołkid | adasoołkid |
| 3rd person | ayííłkid | adeiskid | |
| 4th person | ajííłkid | adajiskid | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adeeshkił | adiilkił | adadiilkił |
| 2nd person | adííłkił | adoołkił | adadoołkił |
| 3rd person | iidoołkił | adeidoołkił | |
| 4th person | azhdoołkił | adazhdoołkił | |
Passive: (I) iilkeed / (P) éélkid
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -kiʼ
- OPTATIVE: -keed