yitįįh
See also: yitiih
Navajo
Etymology 1
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -tįįh (imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).
Verb
yitįįh
- he/she is moving it, handling it (a slender stiff object as a stick)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with da-shift.
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtįįh | yiitįįh | deiitįįh |
| 2nd person | nitįįh | wohtįįh | daahtįįh |
| 3rd person | yitįįh | deitįįh | |
| 4th person | jitįįh | dajitįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yítą́ | yiitą́ | dasiitą́ |
| 2nd person | yínítą́ | wootą́ | dasootą́ |
| 3rd person | yiyíítą́ | deiztą́ | |
| 4th person | jíítą́ | dajiztą́ | |
See also
| Navajo Handle Themes | to move it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | Ø | -ʼĄ́ | yiʼaah |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate | Ø | -LÁ | yilé |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ł | -TSOOZ | yiłtsóós |
| SSO | stick, pole | Ø | -TĄ́ | yitįįh |
| AnO | animate, doll | ł | -TĮ́ | yiłteeh |
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
| MM | butter; frog | Ø | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
| LPB | load, burden | Ø | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
| PlO1 | severality | Ø | -NIL | yinííł |
| PlO2 | profusion | Ø | -JAAʼ | yijááh |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container | Ø | -KĄ́ | yikaah |
Etymology 2
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, reflexive) + -tįįh (imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).
Verb
yitįįh
- (with ádąąh dah) he/she is strapping it on himself/herself, pinning it on himself/herself
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtįįh | yiitįįh | deiitįįh |
| 2nd person | nitįįh | wohtįįh | daahtįįh |
| 3rd person | yitįįh | deitįįh | |
| 4th person | jitįįh | dajitįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sistą́ | siitą́ | dasiitą́ |
| 2nd person | sínítą́ | soohtą́ | dasoohtą́ |
| 3rd person | yistą́ | deistą́ | |
| 4th person | jistą́ | dajistą́ | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshtį́į́ł | diitį́į́ł | dadiitį́į́ł |
| 2nd person | díítį́į́ł | doohtį́į́ł | dadoohtį́į́ł |
| 3rd person | yidootį́į́ł | deidootį́į́ł | |
| 4th person | jidootį́į́ł | dazhdootį́į́ł | |