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Navajo
Etymology
y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼííh (imperfective stem of root -CHʼI, “wind blows”)
Verb
yíchʼííh
- a breeze comes up
- (in the perfective) there is a breeze
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only
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3rd person singular
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| IMPERFECTIVE
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yíchʼííh
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| PERFECTIVE
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níchʼi
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Stem set
- IMPERFECTIVE: -chʼííh
- PERFECTIVE: -chʼi
- FUTURE: -chʼih
- ITERATIVE: -chʼih
- OPTATIVE: -chʼííh
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