iizǫ́ǫ́s

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -zǫ́ǫ́s (imperfective stem of root -ZǪ́Ǫ́Z, “to pull, to tear”).

Stem initial z- becomes d- under d-effect.

Verb

iizǫ́ǫ́s

to pull it, drag it out of sight
to gently rip it, tear it one time (as a piece of cloth)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iisǫ́ǫ́s	iidǫ́ǫ́s	adeiidǫ́ǫ́s
2nd person	anizǫ́ǫ́s	oohsǫ́ǫ́s	adaahsǫ́ǫ́s
3rd person	iizǫ́ǫ́s		adeizǫ́ǫ́s
4th person	ajizǫ́ǫ́s		adajizǫ́ǫ́s

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	íízǫ́ǫ́z	iidǫ́ǫ́z	adasiidǫ́ǫ́z
2nd person	íínízǫ́ǫ́z	oozǫ́ǫ́z	adasoozǫ́ǫ́z
3rd person	ayíízǫ́ǫ́z		adeizǫ́ǫ́z
4th person	ajíízǫ́ǫ́z		adajizǫ́ǫ́z

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeesǫ́ǫ́s	adiidǫ́ǫ́s	adadiidǫ́ǫ́s
2nd person	adíízǫ́ǫ́s	adoohsǫ́ǫ́s	adadoohsǫ́ǫ́s
3rd person	iidoozǫ́ǫ́s		adeidoozǫ́ǫ́s
4th person	azhdoozǫ́ǫ́s		adazhdoozǫ́ǫ́s

Verbal stems

ITERATIVE: -d + zǫ́ǫ́s = dǫ́ǫ́s
OPTATIVE: -zǫ́ǫ́s

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