iizą́

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -hi- (seriative) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -zą́ (durative imperfective stem of root -ZĄ́Ą́ʼ, “beat oneʼs wife”).

Verb

iizą́

1. he/she is beating his/her spouse

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iisą́	ayiidzą́	daʼayiidzą́
2nd person	iyízą́	ayohsą́	daʼayohsą́
3rd person	iizą́		daʼiizą́
4th person	ajiizą́		daʼjiizą́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ayíízą́ą́ʼ	ayiidzą́ą́ʼ	daʼayiidzą́ą́ʼ
2nd person	ayíínízą́ą́ʼ	ayoozą́ą́ʼ	daʼayoozą́ą́ʼ
3rd person	ayíízą́ą́ʼ		daʼayíízą́ą́ʼ
4th person	ajiyíízą́ą́ʼ		daʼjiyíízą́ą́ʼ

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