yighááh

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Etymology

y- (peg element) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) +

  • ∅- (classifier) + -ááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go — 1 actor”)
  • ∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go — 2 actors”)
  • d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3 actors”)

Verb

yighááh

  1. he/she is going

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 on a similar situation.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishááh yiitʼaash yiikááh
2nd person ninááh wohʼaash wohkááh
3rd person yighááh yiʼaash yikááh
4th person jighááh jiʼaash jikááh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yíyá yiitʼáázh yiikai
2nd person yíníyá wooʼáázh woohkai
3rd person yíyá yíʼáázh yikai
4th person jííyá jííʼáázh jookai
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshááł diitʼash diikah
2nd person díínááł doohʼash doohkah
3rd person doogááł dooʼash dookah
4th person jidoogááł jidooʼash jidookah
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