yitsʼǫǫs

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsʼǫǫs (durative imperfective stem of root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z, “to kiss”).

Verb

yitsʼǫǫs

1. he/she is sucking on it (something solid)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yistsʼǫǫs	yiitsʼǫǫs	deiitsʼǫǫs
2nd person	nitsʼǫǫs	wohtsʼǫǫs	daahtsʼǫǫs
3rd person	yitsʼǫǫs		deitsʼǫǫs
4th person	jitsʼǫǫs		dajitsʼǫǫs

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yítsʼǫ́ǫ́z	yiitsʼǫ́ǫ́z	deiitsʼǫ́ǫ́z
2nd person	yínítsʼǫ́ǫ́z	wootsʼǫ́ǫ́z	daootsʼǫ́ǫ́z
3rd person	yiyíítsʼǫ́ǫ́z		dayíítsʼǫ́ǫ́z
4th person	jíítsʼǫ́ǫ́z		dajíítsʼǫ́ǫ́z

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tsʼǫǫs
• PERFECTIVE: -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z
• FUTURE: -tsʼǫs
• ITERATIVE: -tsʼǫs
• OPTATIVE: -tsʼǫǫs

Derived terms

• tó yitsʼǫǫsí