Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-yeed (imperfective stem of root -WOD, “to run — 1 actor”).

Verb edit

yílyeed

  1. he/she/it arrives running

Usage notes edit

The stem used for one subject is different from the stem used for multiple subjects. For two subjects, see ahineelchééh; for three or more subjects, see yíjeeh.

Plural forms of this verb refer to several people running independently one from another.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishyeed niilyeed daniilyeed
2nd person nílyeed nołyeed danołyeed
3rd person yílyeed deílyeed
4th person jílyeed dajílyeed
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishwod niilwod daniilwod
2nd person yínílwod noołwod danoołwod
3rd person yílwod daaswod
4th person jílwod dajiswod
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshwoł diilwoł dadiilwoł
2nd person díílwoł doołwoł dadoołwoł
3rd person doolwoł dadoolwoł
4th person jidoolwoł dazhdoolwoł

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -yeed
  • PERFECTIVE: -wod
  • FUTURE: -woł
  • ITERATIVE: -woʼ
  • OPTATIVE: -yeed