Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-tʼod (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -TʼÓÓD, “to suck”).

Verb edit

yiyiiłtʼod

  1. he/she gives one suck

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishtʼod yiiltʼod deiiltʼod
2nd person yiiłtʼod woołtʼod daoołtʼod
3rd person yiyiiłtʼod dayiiłtʼod
4th person jiiłtʼod dajiiłtʼod
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person séłtʼod siiltʼod dasiiltʼod
2nd person síníłtʼod soołtʼod dasoołtʼod
3rd person yistʼod deistʼod
4th person jistʼod dajistʼod
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshtʼod diiltʼod dadiiltʼod
2nd person dííłtʼod doołtʼod dadoołtʼod
3rd person yidoołtʼod deidoołtʼod
4th person jidoołtʼod dazhdoołtʼod

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