yikʼaash
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼaash (imperfective stem of root -KʼAAZH, “to grind”).
Verb
[edit]yikʼaash
- he/she is whetting it (knife, axe)
- he/she is grinding it finely (grains, minerals)
- he/she is singing in falsetto voice
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishkʼaash | yiikʼaash | deiikʼaash |
| 2nd person | nikʼaash | wohkʼaash | daahkʼaash |
| 3rd person | yikʼaash | deikʼaash | |
| 4th person | jikʼaash | dajikʼaash | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yíkʼaazh | yiikʼaazh | deiikʼaazh |
| 2nd person | yíníkʼaazh | wookʼaazh | daookʼaazh |
| 3rd person | yiyííkʼaazh | dayííkʼaazh | |
| 4th person | jííkʼaazh | dajííkʼaazh | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshkʼash | diikʼash | dadiikʼash |
| 2nd person | dííkʼash | doohkʼash | dadoohkʼash |
| 3rd person | yidookʼash | deidookʼash | |
| 4th person | jidookʼash | dazhdookʼash | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- IMPERFECTIVE: -kʼaash
- PERFECTIVE: -kʼaazh
- FUTURE: -kʼash
See also
[edit]- yikʼá (“to grind”)