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Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (“away”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) +
- ∅- (classifier) + -ááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go, to walk — 1 actor”)
- ∅- (classifier) + -ʼáásh (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, to walk — 2 actors”)
- d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go, to walk — 3 actors”)
Verb
iighááh
- he/she goes out of sight
- (with yah) he/she goes in, enters an enclosure
- Ken hooghan góneʼ yah iighááh. ― Ken comes into the hogan.
- Yah aninááh! ― Come in!
- (with yóóʼ) he/she goes away, gets lost
Usage notes
Like all go-verbs, this verb uses three different roots for 1 subject going alone, 2 subjects going in a pair, and 3+ subjects going in a group. All three roots can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See chʼéghááh, chʼéʼaash, chʼékááh for further details.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).