yiizįįh

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -zįįh (imperfective stem of root -ZĮʼ, “to stand”).

Verb

yiizįįh

1. he/she is standing up (rising from a sitting or lying position)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiisįįh	yiidzįįh	deiidzįįh
2nd person	yiizįįh	woohsįįh	daoohsįįh
3rd person	yiizįįh		dayiizįįh
4th person	jiizįįh		dajiizįįh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiizįʼ	yiidzįʼ	deiidzįʼ
2nd person	yinizįʼ	woozįʼ	daoozįʼ
3rd person	yiizįʼ		deizįʼ
4th person	jiizįʼ		dajiizįʼ

Related terms

• sizį́ (“he/she is standing”)