Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ha- (up out) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb edit

haiłtʼééh

  1. he/she is extending it out horizontally (as a rope, a wire or a fence)

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person haashtʼééh haiiltʼééh hadeiiltʼééh
2nd person haniłtʼééh haałtʼééh hadaałtʼééh
3rd person haiłtʼééh hadeiłtʼééh
4th person hajiłtʼééh hadajiłtʼééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person hááłtʼiʼ haiiltʼiʼ hadasiiltʼiʼ
2nd person háíníłtʼiʼ haoołtʼiʼ hadasoołtʼiʼ
3rd person hayííłtʼiʼ hadeistʼiʼ
4th person hajííłtʼiʼ hadajistʼiʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person hadeeshtʼih hadiiltʼih hadadiiltʼih
2nd person hadííłtʼih hadoołtʼih hadadoołtʼih
3rd person haidoołtʼih hadeidoołtʼih
4th person hazhdoołtʼih hadazhdoołtʼih

Verbal stems edit

  • ITERATIVE: -tʼih
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼééh

Related terms edit