Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb edit

yítʼééh

  1. it arrives stretching or extending (as a rope, a wire or a fence)

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE yítʼééh
PERFECTIVE nítʼiʼ
FUTURE dootih

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