-YEʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣe (“to call a name”).

Root

-YEʼ

1. to be called, to be named

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
yini + l	?	S is called wolyé hoolyé ahiolyé óolyé kóolyé yoolyé

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
ASP?	-yé	-yeʼ	-yeeł	-yeeh	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to name:

• -ZHÍ

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -YEʼ (be called)