yitʼį́

Navajo

Etymology 1

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, mediopassive) + -ʼį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, “to look”).

Verb

yitʼį́

1. he/she/it is visible
2. he/she/it is seen

Usage notes

This is a neuter, irregular verb. As such, it is only conjugated in one mode, which seems to be a combination of imperfective, perfective, and progressive forms.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), with some irregularities.

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtʼį́	yiitʼį́	deiitʼį́
2nd person	yínítʼį́	wohtʼį́	daahtʼį́
3rd person	yitʼį́		daatʼį́
4th person	jootʼį́		dajootʼį́

See also

• yooʼį́

Etymology 2

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼį́ (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to make”).

Verb

yitʼį́

1. he/she/it is faring, getting along, is doing (good or bad), is involved in

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtʼį́	yiitʼį́	deiitʼį́
2nd person	nitʼį́	wohtʼį́	daahtʼį́
3rd person	yitʼį́		daatʼį́
4th person	jitʼį́		dajitʼį́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yítʼįįd	yiitʼįįd	deiitʼįįd
2nd person	yínítʼįįd	wootʼįįd	daootʼįįd
3rd person	yítʼįįd		dáátʼįįd
4th person	jíítʼįįd		dajíítʼįįd

Etymology 3

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, thematic) + -ʼį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to be wealthy”).

Verb

yitʼį́

1. he/she is wealthy in it

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtʼį́	yiitʼį́	deiitʼį́
2nd person	nitʼį́	wohtʼį́	daahtʼį́
3rd person	yitʼį́		deitʼį́
4th person	jitʼį́		dajitʼį́

Related terms

• yitʼįįh (corresponding active verb)