yiʼáád
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼáád (imperfective stem of root -ʼAH, “to propel a flat flexible object”).
Verb
[edit]yiʼáád
- he/she is throwing it (a flat flexible object as a blanket, paper)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishʼáád | yiitʼáád | deiitʼáád |
| 2nd person | niʼáád | wohʼáád | daahʼáád |
| 3rd person | yiʼáád | deiʼáád | |
| 4th person | jiʼáád | dajiʼáád | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yíʼah | yiitʼah | dasiitʼah |
| 2nd person | yíníʼah | wooʼah | dasooʼah |
| 3rd person | yiyííʼah | deizʼah | |
| 4th person | jííʼah | dajizʼah | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshʼał | diitʼał | dadiitʼał |
| 2nd person | dííʼał | doohʼał | dadoohʼał |
| 3rd person | yidooʼał | deidooʼał | |
| 4th person | jidooʼał | dazhdooʼał | |
See also
[edit]| Navajo Propel Themes | to throw it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | ł | -NEʼ | yiłneʼ |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
ł | -DÉÉL | yiłdeeł |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ∅ | -ʼAH | yiʼáád |
| SSO | stick, pole | ł | -TʼEʼ | yiłtʼeʼ |
| AnO | animate, doll | |||
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
| MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
| LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
| PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
| PlO2 | profusion | ł | -KAAD | yiłkaad |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container | |||