yilkeed

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -keed (durative imperfective stem of root -KID, “to eat a chunky object”).

Verb

yilkeed

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishkeed	yiilkeed	deiilkeed
2nd person	nilkeed	wołkeed	daałkeed
3rd person	yilkeed		deilkeed
4th person	jilkeed		dajilkeed

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishkid	yiilkid	deiilkid
2nd person	yínílkid	woołkid	daoołkid
3rd person	yoolkid		dayoolkid
4th person	joolkid		dajoolkid

See also

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