Navajo edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

yiyiiłgááh (transitive)

  1. he/she is turning it white, he/she is whitening it

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishgááh yiilgááh deiilgááh
2nd person yiiłgááh woołgááh daoołgááh
3rd person yiyiiłgááh dayiiłgááh
4th person jiiłgááh dajiiłgááh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiiłgaii yiilgaii deiilgaii
2nd person yiniłgaii woołgaii daoołgaii
3rd person yiyiiłgaii dayiiłgaii
4th person jiiłgaii dajiiłgaii