yikááh

See also: yikaah

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3+ actors”).

Verb

yikááh

1. he/she is going (with at least two other people, as part of a group), they (3+) are going

Usage notes

This stem is used for going in group. For individual movement, see yighááh. For movement in pairs, see yiʼaash.

Singular forms of this verb, such as yishkááh, refer to one subject involved in a movement as a group of three or more.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishkááh	yiikááh	deiikááh
2nd person	nikááh	wohkááh	daahkááh
3rd person	yikááh		daakááh
4th person	jikááh		dajikááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishkai	yiikai	dasiikai
2nd person	yíníkai	woohkai	dasoohkai
3rd person	yikai		daaskai
4th person	jookai		dajiskai

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -kááh
• PERFECTIVE: -kai
• FUTURE: -kah
• ITERATIVE: -kah
• OPTATIVE: -kááh

See also

• yiʼaash
• yighááh