Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-gháád (repetitive imperfective stem of root -GHÁÁD, “to shake”).

Verb edit

yigháád

  1. he/she/it is shaking it (repeatedly)
  2. he/she/it is whipping it, as the wind

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishháád yiigáád deiigáád
2nd person nigháád woháád daaháád
3rd person yigháád deigháád
4th person jigháád dajigháád
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yígháád yiigáád deiigáád
2nd person yínígháád woogháád daoogháád
3rd person yiyíígháád dayíígháád
4th person jíígháád dajíígháád