yilyé
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, reflexive) + -yé (imperfective stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender stiff object, the words of a language”).
Verb
yilyé
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishyé | yiilyé | deiilyé |
2nd person | nilyé | wołyé | daałyé |
3rd person | yilyé | deilyé | |
4th person | jilyé | dajilyé |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishyá | yiilyá | deiilyá |
2nd person | yínílyá | woołyá | daoołyá |
3rd person | yoolyá | dayoolyá | |
4th person | joolyá | dajoolyá |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | deeshyééł | diilyééł | dadiilyééł |
2nd person | díílyééł | doołyééł | dadoołyééł |
3rd person | yidoolyééł | deidoolyééł | |
4th person | jidoolyééł | dazhdoolyééł |
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -dlééh
- OPTATIVE: -yaʼ
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