yiyiiłoh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -loh (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -LOʼ, “to act with a rope”).

Verb

yiyiiłoh

1. he/she is lassoing it
2. he/she is trapping it, snaring it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishłoh	yiidloh	deiidloh
2nd person	yiiloh	woohłoh	daoohłoh
3rd person	yiyiiloh		dayiiloh
4th person	jiiloh		dajiiloh