yikʼaash

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Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼaash (imperfective stem of root -KʼAAZH, “to grind”).

Verb

yikʼaash

  1. he/she is whetting it (knife, axe)
  2. he/she is grinding it finely (grains, minerals)
  3. he/she is singing in falsetto voice

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person yishkʼaash yiikʼaash deiikʼaash
2nd person nikʼaash wohkʼaash daahkʼaash
3rd person yikʼaash deikʼaash
4th person jikʼaash dajikʼaash
perfective singular duoplural plural
1st person yíkʼaazh yiikʼaazh deiikʼaazh
2nd person yíníkʼaazh wookʼaazh daookʼaazh
3rd person yiyííkʼaazh dayííkʼaazh
4th person jííkʼaazh dajííkʼaazh
future singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshkʼash diikʼash dadiikʼash
2nd person dííkʼash doohkʼash dadoohkʼash
3rd person yidookʼash deidookʼash
4th person jidookʼash dazhdookʼash

Verbal stems

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -kʼaash
  • PERFECTIVE: -kʼaazh
  • FUTURE: -kʼash

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia