Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ghas (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -GHAZ, “to scratch”).

Verb edit

yiyiighas

  1. he/she is scratching him/her/it once, giving him/her/it a scratch

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiisxas yiigas deiigas
2nd person yiighas woohhas daoohhas
3rd person yiyiighas dayiighas
4th person jiighas dajiighas
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person séghas siigas dasiigas
2nd person síníghas sooghas dasooghas
3rd person yizghas deizghas
4th person jizghas dajizghas