yikah

See also: yíkah

Navajo edit

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

yikah

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

This stem is used for going in group. For individual movement, see yigááł. For movement in pairs, see yiʼash.

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

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishkah	yiikah	deíníikááh
2nd person	yíkah	wohkah	deínóhkááh
3rd person	yikah		deíkááh
4th person	jookah		dajíkááh