yiyiiłtʼoh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼoh (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -TʼOH, “to shoot”).

Verb

yiyiiłtʼoh

1. he/she is shooting him/her/it (with an arrow), stabbing him/her/it (with a spear)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishtʼoh	yiiltʼoh	deiiltʼoh
2nd person	yiiłtʼoh	woołtʼoh	daoołtʼoh
3rd person	yiyiiłtʼoh		dayiiłtʼoh
4th person	jiiłtʼoh		dajiiłtʼoh