Navajo edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

yiyiishį́į́h (transitive)

  1. he/she is turning it black, he/she is blackening it

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishį́į́h yiilzhį́į́h deiilzhį́į́h
2nd person yiishį́į́h woohshį́į́h daoohshį́į́h
3rd person yiyiishį́į́h dayiishį́į́h
4th person jiishį́į́h dajiishį́į́h
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishį́į́ʼ yiilzhį́į́ʼ deiilzhį́į́ʼ
2nd person yinishį́į́ʼ wooshį́į́ʼ daooshį́į́ʼ
3rd person yiyiishį́į́ʼ dayiishį́į́ʼ
4th person jiishį́į́ʼ dajiishį́į́ʼ

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