yiigááh

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gááh (transitional imperfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb

yiigááh (intransitive)

1. he/she is turning white

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishgááh	yiigááh	deiigááh
2nd person	yiigááh	woohgááh	daoohgááh
3rd person	yiigááh		dayiigááh
4th person	jiigááh		dajiigááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiigaii	yiigaii	deiigaii
2nd person	yinigaii	woogaii	daoogaii
3rd person	yiigaii		deigaii
4th person	jiigaii		dajiigaii

Verb

yiigááh

1. second-person singular imperfective form of yiigááh
2. first-person duoplural imperfective of yiigááh