yiłchxǫǫh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -chǫǫh (imperfective stem of root -CHXǪʼ, “to ruin”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Verb

yiłchxǫǫh

1. he/she is completely ruining it, completely spoiling it, messing it up badly

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

imperfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishchxǫǫh	yiilchxǫǫh	deiilchxǫǫh
2nd person	niłchxǫǫh	wołchxǫǫh	daałchxǫǫh
3rd person	yiłchxǫǫh		deiłchxǫǫh
4th person	jiłchxǫǫh		dajiłchxǫǫh

perfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłchxǫʼ	yiilchxǫʼ	deiilchxǫʼ
2nd person	yíníłchxǫʼ	woołchxǫʼ	daoołchxǫʼ
3rd person	yiyííłchxǫʼ		dayííłchxǫʼ
4th person	jííłchxǫʼ		dajííłchxǫʼ

future	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshchxǫǫł	diilchxǫǫł	dadiilchxǫǫł
2nd person	dííłchxǫǫł	doołchxǫǫł	dadoołchxǫǫł
3rd person	yidoołchxǫǫł		deidoołchxǫǫł
4th person	jidoołchxǫǫł		dazhdoołchxǫǫł

Related terms

• chxǫ́ǫ́h
• chxǫ́ǫ́ʼí
• naachxǫʼ
• nichǫ́ǫ́ʼí
• yiłchǫǫh