yiłtʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

yiłtʼééh

1. he/she is running it (something relatively long and thin) somewhere, extending it somewhere

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtʼééh	yiiltʼééh	deiiltʼééh
2nd person	niłtʼééh	wołtʼééh	daałtʼééh
3rd person	yiłtʼééh		deiłtʼééh
4th person	jiłtʼééh		dajiłtʼééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłtʼiʼ	yiiltʼiʼ	dasiiltʼiʼ
2nd person	yíníłtʼiʼ	woołtʼiʼ	dasoołtʼiʼ
3rd person	yiyííłtʼiʼ		deistʼiʼ
4th person	jííłtʼiʼ		dajistʼiʼ

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼééh
• PERFECTIVE: -tʼiʼ
• FUTURE: -tʼih
• ITERATIVE: -tʼih
• OPTATIVE: -tʼééh