y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tįįh (imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).
yitįįh
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishtįįh | yiitįįh | deiitįįh |
2nd person | nitįįh | wohtįįh | daahtįįh |
3rd person | yitįįh | deitįįh | |
4th person | jitįįh | dajitįįh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yítą́ | yiitą́ | dasiitą́ |
2nd person | yínítą́ | wootą́ | dasootą́ |
3rd person | yiyíítą́ | deiztą́ | |
4th person | jíítą́ | dajiztą́ |
Navajo Handle Themes | to move it | |||
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Class | Examples | Theme | ||
SRO | generic | ∅ | -ʼĄ́ | yiʼaah |
SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
∅ | -LÁ | yilé |
FFO | sheet, paper | ł | -TSOOZ | yiłtsóós |
SSO | stick, pole | ∅ | -TĄ́ | yitįįh |
AnO | animate, doll | ł | -TĮ́ | yiłteeh |
NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
PlO2 | profusion | ∅ | -JAAʼ | yijááh |
OC | severality/profusion in a container |
∅ | -KĄ́ | yikaah |
y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, reflexive) + -tįįh (imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).
yitįįh
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishtįįh | yiitįįh | deiitįįh |
2nd person | nitįįh | wohtįįh | daahtįįh |
3rd person | yitįįh | deitįįh | |
4th person | jitįįh | dajitįįh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | sistą́ | siitą́ | dasiitą́ |
2nd person | sínítą́ | soohtą́ | dasoohtą́ |
3rd person | yistą́ | deistą́ | |
4th person | jistą́ | dajistą́ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | deeshtį́į́ł | diitį́į́ł | dadiitį́į́ł |
2nd person | díítį́į́ł | doohtį́į́ł | dadoohtį́į́ł |
3rd person | yidootį́į́ł | deidootį́į́ł | |
4th person | jidootį́į́ł | dazhdootį́į́ł |