yitʼįįh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to be wealthy”)
Classifier is sometimes thematized and reanalyzed as stem initial (-tʼįįh).
Verb
[edit]yitʼįįh
- he/she is becoming wealthy in it
Usage notes
[edit]Some speakers use perfective forms corresponding to a classifier ∅, given here as perfective¹. Other speakers use perfective forms corresponding to a classifier d, given here as perfective².
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtʼįįh | yiitʼįįh | deiitʼįįh |
| 2nd person | nitʼįįh | wohtʼįįh | daahtʼįįh |
| 3rd person | yitʼįįh | deitʼįįh | |
| 4th person | jitʼįįh | dajitʼįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE¹ | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sétʼįįd | siitʼįįd | dasiitʼįįd |
| 2nd person | sínítʼįįd | sootʼįįd | dasootʼįįd |
| 3rd person | yiztʼįįd | deiztʼįįd | |
| 4th person | jiztʼįįd | dajiztʼįįd | |
| PERFECTIVE² | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sistʼįįd | siitʼįįd | dasiitʼįįd |
| 2nd person | sínítʼįįd | soohtʼįįd | dasoohtʼįįd |
| 3rd person | — | — | |
| 4th person | jistʼįįd | dajistʼįįd | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshtʼįįł | diitʼįįł | dadiitʼįįł |
| 2nd person | díítʼįįł | doohtʼįįł | dadoohtʼįįł |
| 3rd person | yidootʼįįł | deidootʼįįł | |
| 4th person | jidootʼįįł | dazhdootʼįįł | |
Related terms
[edit]- yitʼį́ (neuter)
Etymology 2
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to make”).
Verb
[edit]yitʼįįh
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtʼįįh | yiitʼįįh | deiitʼįįh |
| 2nd person | nitʼįįh | wohtʼįįh | daahtʼįįh |
| 3rd person | yitʼįįh | — | |
| 4th person | jitʼįįh | dajitʼįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sistʼįįd | siitʼįįd | dasiitʼįįd |
| 2nd person | sínítʼįįd | soohtʼįįd | dasoohtʼįįd |
| 3rd person | — | — | |
| 4th person | jistʼįįd | dajistʼįįd | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshtʼįįł | diitʼįįł | dadiitʼįįł |
| 2nd person | díítʼįįł | doohtʼįįł | dadoohtʼįįł |
| 3rd person | — | — | |
| 4th person | jidootʼįįł | dazhdootʼįįł | |