yiłtʼood

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼood (imperfective stem of root -TʼÓÓD, “to suck”).

Verb

yiłtʼood

1. he/she is sucking it somewhere
2. he/she is pumping it somewhere

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtʼood	yiiltʼood	deiiltʼood
2nd person	niłtʼood	wołtʼood	daałtʼood
3rd person	yiłtʼood		deiłtʼood
4th person	jiłtʼood		dajiłtʼood

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłtʼóód	yiiltʼóód	dasiiltʼóód
2nd person	yíníłtʼóód	woołtʼóód	dasoołtʼóód
3rd person	yiyííłtʼóód		deistʼóód
4th person	jííłtʼóód		dajistʼóód

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼood
• PERFECTIVE: -tʼóód
• FUTURE: -tʼoł
• ITERATIVE: -tʼoʼ
• OPTATIVE: -tʼood

Related terms

• yiłtʼoʼ
• yiyiiłtʼod