yímáás

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -máás (imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”).

Verb

yímáás

1. he/she/it comes, arrives rolling to a place

Conjugation

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

imperfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nismáás	niiʼmáás	daniiʼmáás
2nd person	nímáás	nohmáás	danohmáás
3rd person	yímáás		deímáás
4th person	jímáás		dajímáás

perfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nímááz	niiʼmááz	daniiʼmááz
2nd person	yínímááz	noomááz	danoomááz
3rd person	nímááz		daazmááz
4th person	jinímááz		dajizmááz

future	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deesmas	diiʼmas	dadiiʼmas
2nd person	díímas	doohmas	dadoohmas
3rd person	doomas		dadoomas
4th person	jidoomas		dazhdoomas