yitiʼ
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -tiʼ (repetitive imperfective stem of root -TIʼ, “to break”).
Verb
yitiʼ
- he/she is breaking it off, snapping it off
Conjugation
Paradigm: Repetitive (Ø/yi).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishtiʼ | yiitiʼ | deiitiʼ |
2nd person | nitiʼ | wohtiʼ | daahtiʼ |
3rd person | yitiʼ | deitiʼ | |
4th person | jitiʼ | dajitiʼ |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yítiʼ | yiitiʼ | deiitiʼ |
2nd person | yínítiʼ | wootiʼ | daootiʼ |
3rd person | yiyíítiʼ | dayíítiʼ | |
4th person | jíítiʼ | dajíítiʼ |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -tiʼ
- PERFECTIVE: -tiʼ
- FUTURE: -tih
- ITERATIVE: -tih
- OPTATIVE: -tiʼ