yiikʼai
Appearance
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼaih (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -KʼAIʼ, “to spread legs”).
Verb
[edit]yiikʼai (intransitive)
- he/she is spreading his/her legs apart
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yiishkʼaih | yiikʼaih | deiikʼaih |
2nd person | yiikʼaih | woohkʼaih | daoohkʼaih |
3rd person | yiikʼaih | dayiikʼaih | |
4th person | jiikʼaih | dajiikʼaih |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | sékʼaih | siikʼaih | dasiikʼaih |
2nd person | síníkʼaih | sookʼaih | dasookʼaih |
3rd person | yizkʼaih | deizkʼaih | |
4th person | jizkʼaih | dajizkʼaih |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | deeshkʼaih | diikʼaih | dadiikʼaih |
2nd person | dííkʼaih | doohkʼaih | dadoohkʼaih |
3rd person | dookʼaih | dadookʼaih | |
4th person | jidookʼaih | dazhdookʼaih |
Verbal stems
[edit]- IMPERFECTIVE: -kʼaih
- PERFECTIVE: -kʼaih
- FUTURE: -kʼaih
- ITERATIVE: -kʼaih
- OPTATIVE: -kʼaih