yiyiiłchxosh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -chosh (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -CHOZH, “to pop”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Verb

yiyiiłchxosh

1. he/she is popping it, bursting it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishchxosh	yiilchxosh	deiilchxosh
2nd person	yiiłchxosh	woołchxosh	daoołchxosh
3rd person	yiyiiłchxosh		dayiiłchxosh
4th person	jiiłchxosh		dajiiłchxosh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shéłchxosh	shiilchxosh	dashiilchxosh
2nd person	shíníłchxosh	shoołchxosh	dashoołchxosh
3rd person	yishchxosh		deishchxosh
4th person	jishchxosh		dajishchxosh