iiłtʼááh

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼááh (imperfective stem of root -TʼAʼ, “to fly”)

Verb

iiłtʼááh

he/she is flying it away (a plane)
Yóóʼ iiłtʼááh. ― He flies it away and disappears.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iishtʼááh	iiltʼááh	adeiiltʼááh
2nd person	aniłtʼááh	oołtʼááh	adaałtʼááh
3rd person	iiłtʼááh		adeiłtʼááh
4th person	ajiłtʼááh		adajiłtʼááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííłtʼaʼ	iiltʼaʼ	adasiiltʼaʼ
2nd person	ííníłtʼaʼ	oołtʼaʼ	adasoołtʼaʼ
3rd person	ayííłtʼaʼ		adeistʼaʼ
4th person	ajííłtʼaʼ		adajistʼaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshtʼah	adiiltʼah	adadiiltʼah
2nd person	adííłtʼah	adoołtʼah	adadoołtʼah
3rd person	iidoołtʼah		adeidoołtʼah
4th person	azhdoołtʼah		adazhdoołtʼah

Verbal stems

ITERATIVE: -tʼah
OPTATIVE: -tʼááh

Related terms

chʼétʼááh / chʼííłtʼááh
haatʼááh / —
iitʼááh / iiłtʼááh
naatʼaʼ / neiłtʼaʼ
yitʼááh / yiłtʼááh
yítʼááh / yíłtʼááh
yitʼah / yoołtʼah

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