yitsid

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsid (repetitive imperfective stem of root -TSEED, “to pound, to kill plural objects”).

Verb

yitsid

1. he/she is pounding it, hammering it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yistsid	yiitsid	deiitsid
2nd person	nitsid	wohtsid	daahtsid
3rd person	yitsid		deitsid
4th person	jitsid		dajitsid

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yítseed	yiitseed	deiitseed
2nd person	yínítseed	wootseed	daootseed
3rd person	yiyíítseed		dayíítseed
4th person	jíítseed		dajíítseed