yigháʼdíłdlaad

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ghá- (through) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (fire) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-dlaad (imperfective stem of root -DLÁÁD, “to rip”).

Verb edit

yigháʼdíłdlaad

  1. he/she is X-raying him/her/it

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bighádiʼnishdlaad bighádiʼniildlaad bighádadiʼniildlaad
2nd person bighádiʼníłdlaad bighádiʼnołdlaad bighádadiʼnołdlaad
3rd person yigháʼdíłdlaad yighádaʼdiłdlaad
4th person bigházhʼdíłdlaad bighádazhʼdiłdlaad
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bighádiʼníłdláád bighádiʼniildláád bighádadiʼniildláád
2nd person bighádííʼníłdláád bighádiʼnoołdláád bighádadiʼnoołdláád
3rd person yighádiʼníłdláád yighádaʼdeesdláád
4th person bighádizhʼníłdláád bighádazhʼdeesdláád

Derived terms edit