yíchʼííh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -chʼííh (imperfective stem of root -CHʼI, “wind blows”)

Verb

yíchʼííh

a breeze comes up
(in the perfective) there is a breeze

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	yíchʼííh
PERFECTIVE	níchʼi
FUTURE	-

Stem set

IMPERFECTIVE: -chʼííh
PERFECTIVE: -chʼi
FUTURE: -chʼih
ITERATIVE: -chʼih
OPTATIVE: -chʼííh

See also

níłchʼi (“wind”)

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