yózhí

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -∅- (classifier) + -zhí (imperfective stem of root -ZHIʼ, “to name it”).

Verb

yózhí

1. he/she is naming it, he/she is calling him by his name

   Shá yínízhí. ― Name it for me.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíníshí	yíníijí	deíníijí
2nd person	yínízhí	yínóhshí	deínóhshí
3rd person	yózhí		dayózhí
4th person	józhí		dajózhí