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Etymology

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

Classifier and stem initial undergo special combination: -ł- + -nih = -lįh.

Verb

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yiyiilįh

  1. he/she tastes it, is tasting it

Conjugation

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Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishłįh yiidlįh deiidlįh
2nd person yiilįh woohłįh daoohłįh
3rd person yiyiilįh dayiilįh
4th person jiilįh dajiilįh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person sélįh siidlįh dasiidlįh
2nd person sínílįh soolįh dasoolįh
3rd person yizlįh deizlįh
4th person jizlįh dajizlįh
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshłįh diiłįh dadiiłįh
2nd person dííłįh doohłįh dadoohłįh
3rd person yidoołįh deidoołįh
4th person jidoołįh dazhdoołįh