yiikʼai
Navajo
Etymology
yi- (semelfactive) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -kʼaih (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -KʼAIʼ, “to spread legs”).
Verb
yiikʼai (intransitive)
- he/she is spreading his/her legs apart
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yiishkʼaih | yiikʼaih | deiikʼaih |
| 2nd person | yiikʼaih | woohkʼaih | daoohkʼaih |
| 3rd person | yiikʼaih | dayiikʼaih | |
| 4th person | jiikʼaih | dajiikʼaih | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sékʼaih | siikʼaih | dasiikʼaih |
| 2nd person | síníkʼaih | sookʼaih | dasookʼaih |
| 3rd person | yizkʼaih | deizkʼaih | |
| 4th person | jizkʼaih | dajizkʼaih | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshkʼaih | diikʼaih | dadiikʼaih |
| 2nd person | dííkʼaih | doohkʼaih | dadoohkʼaih |
| 3rd person | dookʼaih | dadookʼaih | |
| 4th person | jidookʼaih | dazhdookʼaih | |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -kʼaih
- PERFECTIVE: -kʼaih
- FUTURE: -kʼaih
- ITERATIVE: -kʼaih
- OPTATIVE: -kʼaih
Related terms
- sikʼaiʼ