yigháád

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yigháád

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

Conjugation

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