iighááh

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) +

∅- (classifier) + -ghááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go, to walk — 1 actor”)
∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, to walk — 2 actors”)
d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go, to walk — 3 actors”)

Verb

iighááh

he/she goes out of sight
(with yah) he/she goes in, enters an enclosure
Ken hooghan góneʼ yah iighááh. ― Ken comes into the hogan.

Yah aninááh! ― Come in!
(with yóóʼ) he/she goes away, gets lost

Usage notes

Like all go-verbs, this verb uses three different roots for 1 subject going alone, 2 subjects going in a pair, and 3+ subjects going in a group. All three roots can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See chʼéghááh, chʼéʼaash, chʼékááh for further details.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

imperfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iishááh	iitʼaash	iikááh
2nd person	aninááh	ohʼaash	ohkááh
3rd person	iighááh	iiʼaash	iikááh
4th person	ajighááh	ajiʼaash	ajikááh

perfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííyá	iitʼáázh	iikai
2nd person	ííníyá	ooʼáázh	oohkai
3rd person	ííyá	ííʼáázh	eekai / iikai
4th person	ajííyá	ajííʼáázh	ajookai

future	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshááł	adiitʼash	adiikah
2nd person	adíínááł	adoohʼash	adoohkah
3rd person	adoogááł	adooʼash	adookah
4th person	azhdoogááł	azhdooʼash	azhdookah

usitative	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iishááh	iitʼash	iikah
2nd person	aninááh	oohʼash	oohkah
3rd person	iighááh	iiʼash	iikah
4th person	ajighááh	ajiʼash	ajikah

iterative	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	anáshdááh	anéiitʼash	anéiikah
2nd person	anánidááh	anáhʼash	anáhkah
3rd person	anádááh	anáʼash	anákah
4th person	aníjídááh	aníjíʼash	aníjíkah

optative	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ooshaʼ	ootʼaash	ookááh
2nd person	oóyaʼ	oohʼaash	oohkááh
3rd person	ooyaʼ	ooʼaash	ookah
4th person	ajóyaʼ	ajóʼash	ajókah