yíyéés

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yéés (imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to move with a turning motion”).

Verb

yíyéés

1. it arrives, comes sliding (as a boulder)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	yíyéés
PERFECTIVE	níyiz
FUTURE	dooyis

Related terms

• chʼéyéés
• diyéés
• iiyéés
• naalyiz
• naayéés
• náyéés
• néíłhéés
• neiłhiz
• níyiz
• yiłhiz
• yiyéés
• yiyiiłhis
• yiyis