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Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zhíísh (imperfective stem of root -ZHIIZH, “to poke”).
Verb
yishíísh
- (with tsiih) he/she is sticking it (a body part) with something sharp, is jabbing it (a body part) with something sharp
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -shíísh
- PERFECTIVE: -shiizh
- FUTURE: -shish
- ITERATIVE: -shish
- OPTATIVE: -shíísh
Verb
yishíísh
- first-person singular imperfective form of yishíísh (contracted form of yishshíísh)