yiyiilįh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]yiyiilįh
Conjugation
[edit]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 | |