yikʼąąs

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼąąs (imperfective stem of root -KʼĄ́Ą́Z, “to straighten it”).

Verb

yikʼąąs

1. he/she is straightening it, making it straight
2. he/she is kneading it (a girl's body, only in reference to kinaaldá, a puberty ceremony)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiskʼąąs	yiikʼąąs	deiikʼąąs
2nd person	nikʼąąs	wohkʼąąs	daahkʼąąs
3rd person	yikʼąąs		deikʼąąs
4th person	jikʼąąs		dajikʼąąs

PERFECTIVE¹	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíkʼą́ą́z	yiikʼą́ą́z	deiikʼą́ą́z
2nd person	yíníkʼą́ą́z	wookʼą́ą́z	daookʼą́ą́z
3rd person	yiyííkʼą́ą́z		dayííkʼą́ą́z
4th person	jííkʼą́ą́z		dajííkʼą́ą́z

PERFECTIVE²	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sékʼą́ą́z	siikʼą́ą́z	dasiikʼą́ą́z
2nd person	síníkʼą́ą́z	sookʼą́ą́z	dasookʼą́ą́z
3rd person	yizkʼą́ą́z		deizkʼą́ą́z
4th person	jizkʼą́ą́z		dajizkʼą́ą́z

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshkʼąs	diikʼąs	dadiikʼąs
2nd person	dííkʼąs	doohkʼąs	dadoohkʼąs
3rd person	yidookʼąs		deidookʼąs
4th person	jidookʼąs		dazhdookʼąs

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -kʼąąs
• PERFECTIVE: -kʼą́ą́z
• FUTURE: -kʼąs
• ITERATIVE: -kʼąs
• OPTATIVE: -kʼąąs