yiitáás

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -táás (imperfective stem of root -TAAZ, “to bend”)

Verb

yiitáás (intransitive)

1. he/she/it is becoming bent
2. he/she becomes bent, stooped over (with the age or rheumatism)
3. he/she/it is bending down

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiistáás	yiitáás	deiitáás
2nd person	yiitáás	woohtáás	daoohtáás
3rd person	yiitáás		dayiitáás
4th person	jiitáás		dajiitáás

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiitaaz	yiitaaz	deiitaaz
2nd person	yiitaaz	wootaaz	daootaaz
3rd person	yiitaaz		deitaaz
4th person	jiitaaz		dajiitaaz

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -táás
• PERFECTIVE: -taaz
• FUTURE: -tas
• ITERATIVE: -tas
• OPTATIVE: -táás

Related terms

• yiyiiłtáás
• yiyiiłtas