yiyą́

See also: yíyá

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yą́ (durative imperfective stem of root -YĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to eat”).

Verb

yiyą́

1. he/she/it is eating it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishą́	yiidą́	deiidą́
2nd person	niyą́	wohsą́	daohsą́
3rd person	yiyą́		deiyą́
4th person	jiyą́		dajiyą́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíyą́ą́ʼ	yiidą́ą́ʼ	deiidą́ą́ʼ
2nd person	yíníyą́ą́ʼ	wooyą́ą́ʼ	daooyą́ą́ʼ
3rd person	yiyííyą́ą́ʼ		dayííyą́ą́ʼ
4th person	jííyą́ą́ʼ		dajííyą́ą́ʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshį́į́ł	diidį́į́ł	dadiidį́į́ł
2nd person	dííyį́į́ł	doohsį́į́ł	dadoohsį́į́ł
3rd person	yidooyį́į́ł		deidooyį́į́ł
4th person	jidooyį́į́ł		dazhdooyį́į́ł

Verbal stems

• DURATIVE: -yą́
• PERFECTIVE: -yą́ą́ʼ
• FUTURE: -yį́į́ł
• ITERATIVE: -yį́į́h
• OPTATIVE: -yą́ą́ʼ

See also

• ayą́