yiłtsʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tsʼééh (durative imperfective stem of root -TSʼEEʼ, “to eat a mushy object”).

Verb

yiłtsʼééh

1. he/she is chewing it (something mushy)
2. he/she is eating it (something mushy)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yistsʼééh	yiiltsʼééh	deiiltsʼééh
2nd person	niłtsʼééh	wołtsʼééh	daałtsʼééh
3rd person	yiłtsʼééh		deiłtsʼééh
4th person	jiłtsʼééh		dajiłtsʼééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłtsʼeeʼ	yiiltsʼeeʼ	deiiltsʼeeʼ
2nd person	yíníłtsʼeeʼ	woołtsʼeeʼ	daoołtsʼeeʼ
3rd person	yiyííłtsʼeeʼ		dayííłtsʼeeʼ
4th person	jííłtsʼeeʼ		dajííłtsʼeeʼ

See also

• yidlą́ (liquid)
• yiʼaał (hard)
• yildeeł (plural)
• yilghał (meat)
• yilkeed (chunky)
• yiłchozh (leafy)
• yiłtsʼééh (mushy)