Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-kǫǫh (transitional imperfective stem of root -KǪʼ, “to be smooth”).

Verb edit

yidiiłkǫǫh

  1. he/she is making it smooth, smoothing it down

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diishkǫǫh diilkǫǫh dadiilkǫǫh
2nd person diiłkǫǫh doołkǫǫh dadoołkǫǫh
3rd person yidiiłkǫǫh deidiiłkǫǫh
4th person jidiiłkǫǫh dazhdiiłkǫǫh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diiłkǫʼ diilkǫʼ dadiilkǫʼ
2nd person diniłkǫʼ doołkǫʼ dadoołkǫʼ
3rd person yidiiłkǫʼ deidiiłkǫʼ
4th person jidiiłkǫʼ dazhdiiłkǫʼ

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -kǫǫh
  • PERFECTIVE: -kǫʼ
  • FUTURE: -kǫǫł
  • ITERATIVE: -kǫǫh
  • OPTATIVE: -kǫǫh

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