ʼá- (“thus”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -YAA, “to make”).
Classifier and stem-initial merge as follows:
The stem initial reappears under d-effect (1st person duoplural and passives):
íílééh
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with some irregularities.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | áshłééh | íilnééh | ádeiilnééh |
2nd person | ánílééh | óhłééh | ádaahłééh |
3rd person | íílééh | ádeilééh | |
4th person | ájílééh | ádajilééh | |
Other forms | |||
Unspecified person | Spatial person | Passive A | Passive B |
— | — | álnééh | ábiʼdilnééh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | áshłaa, íishłaa | íilyaa | ádeiilyaa |
2nd person | íinilaa | óohłaa | ádaoohłaa |
3rd person | áyiilaa | ádayiilaa | |
4th person | ájiilaa | ádajiilaa | |
Other forms | |||
Unspecified person | Spatial person | Passive A | Passive B |
— | — | ályaa | ábiʼdiilyaa |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | ádeeshłííł | ádiilnííł | ádadiilnííł |
2nd person | ádíílííł | ádoohłííł | ádadoohłííł |
3rd person | íidoolííł | ádeidoolííł | |
4th person | ázhdoolííł | ádazhdoolííł | |
Other forms | |||
Unspecified person | Spatial person | Passive A | Passive B |
— | — | ádoolnííł | ábidiʼdoolnííł |
ITERATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | ánéishʼįįh | ánéiilʼįįh | áńdeiilʼįįh |
2nd person | ánéilʼįįh | ánáoołʼįįh | áńdaoołʼįįh |
3rd person | ánáyiilʼįįh | áńdayiilʼįįh | |
4th person | áńjiilʼįįh | áńdajiilʼįįh |