yiyiilįh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Classifier and stem initial undergo special combination: -ł- + -nih = -lįh.

Verb

yiyiilįh

he/she tastes it, is tasting it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

imperfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishłįh	yiidlįh	deiidlįh
2nd person	yiilįh	woohłįh	daoohłįh
3rd person	yiyiilįh		dayiilįh
4th person	jiilįh		dajiilįh

perfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sélįh	siidlįh	dasiidlįh
2nd person	sínílįh	soolįh	dasoolįh
3rd person	yizlįh		deizlįh
4th person	jizlįh		dajizlįh

future	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshłįh	diiłįh	dadiiłįh
2nd person	dííłįh	doohłįh	dadoohłįh
3rd person	yidoołįh		deidoołįh
4th person	jidoołįh		dazhdoołįh