yilé
Navajo
editEtymology
edity- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lé (imperfective stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender flexible object”).
Verb
edityilé
- he/she is moving it, handling it (a slender flexible object as a rope)
- he/she is moving it, handling them (a pair of objects as shoes)
- he/she is moving it, handling it (an object of unknown shape)
Conjugation
editParadigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishłé | yiidlé | deiidlé |
2nd person | nilé | wohłé | daahłé |
3rd person | yilé | deilé | |
4th person | jilé | dajilé |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yílá | yiidlá | dasiidlá |
2nd person | yínílá | woolá | dasoolá |
3rd person | yiyíílá | deizlá | |
4th person | jíílá | dajizlá |
See also
editNavajo Handle Themes | to move it | |||
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Class | Examples | Theme | ||
SRO | generic | ∅ | -ʼĄ́ | yiʼaah |
SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
∅ | -LÁ | yilé |
FFO | sheet, paper | ł | -TSOOZ | yiłtsóós |
SSO | stick, pole | ∅ | -TĄ́ | yitįįh |
AnO | animate, doll | ł | -TĮ́ | yiłteeh |
NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
PlO2 | profusion | ∅ | -JAAʼ | yijááh |
OC | severality/profusion in a container |
∅ | -KĄ́ | yikaah |