yitʼįįh

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to be wealthy”)

Classifier is sometimes thematized and reanalyzed as stem initial (-tʼįįh).

yitʼįįh

1. he/she is becoming wealthy in it

Some speakers use perfective forms corresponding to a classifier ∅, given here as perfective¹. Other speakers use perfective forms corresponding to a classifier d, given here as perfective².

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

• yitʼį́ (neuter)

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to make”).

yitʼįįh

1. (with bizééʼ) he/she/it is causing his/her death

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).