yiłdzid

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -dzid (repetitive stem of root -DZID, “to shake”).

Verb

yiłdzid

1. he/she is sifting it, shaking it in a screen or pan

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yisdzid	yiildzid	deiildzid
2nd person	niłdzid	wołdzid	daałdzid
3rd person	yiłdzid		deiłdzid
4th person	jiłdzid		dajiłdzid

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłdzid	yiildzid	deiildzid
2nd person	yíníłdzid	woołdzid	daoołdzid
3rd person	yiyííłdzid		dayííłdzid
4th person	jííłdzid		dajííłdzid

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -dzid
• PERFECTIVE: -dzid
• FUTURE: -dził
• ITERATIVE: -dziʼ
• OPTATIVE: -dzid

Related terms

• naniłdzid
• yiyiiłdzid