yiyiitsʼǫs

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yiyiitsʼǫs

1. he/she is kissing him/her/it once, is giving him/her/it a kiss
2. he/she/it sucks once against a surface

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiistsʼǫs	yiitsʼǫs	deiitsʼǫs
2nd person	yiitsʼǫs	woohtsʼǫs	daoohtsʼǫs
3rd person	yiyiitsʼǫs		dayiitsʼǫs
4th person	jiitsʼǫs		dajiitsʼǫs

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sétsʼǫs	siitsʼǫs	dasiitsʼǫs
2nd person	sínítsʼǫs	sootsʼǫs	dasootsʼǫs
3rd person	yiztsʼǫs		deiztsʼǫs
4th person	jiztsʼǫs		dajiztsʼǫs

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deestsʼǫs	diitsʼǫs	dadiitsʼǫs
2nd person	díítsʼǫs	doohtsʼǫs	dadoohtsʼǫs
3rd person	yidootsʼǫs		deidootsʼǫs
4th person	jidootsʼǫs		dazhdootsʼǫs

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tsʼǫs
• PERFECTIVE: -tsʼǫs
• FUTURE: -tsʼǫs
• ITERATIVE: -tsʼǫs
• OPTATIVE: -tsʼǫs

Related terms

• nánítsʼǫs (“to kiss her repeatedly”), (perfective nánétsʼǫ́ǫ́z, future ńdínootsʼǫs, iterative nínánítsʼǫs, optative nánótsʼǫǫs)