yitʼįįh
Navajo
Etymology 1
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to be wealthy”)
Classifier is sometimes thematized and reanalyzed as stem initial (-tʼįįh).
Verb
yitʼįįh
- he/she is becoming wealthy in it
Usage notes
Some speakers use perfective forms corresponding to a classifier Ø, given here as perfective¹. Other speakers use perfective forms corresponding to a classifier d, given here as perfective².
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtʼįįh | yiitʼįįh | deiitʼįįh |
| 2nd person | nitʼįįh | wohtʼįįh | daahtʼįįh |
| 3rd person | yitʼįįh | deitʼįįh | |
| 4th person | jitʼįįh | dajitʼįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE¹ | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sétʼįįd | siitʼįįd | dasiitʼįįd |
| 2nd person | sínítʼįįd | sootʼįįd | dasootʼįįd |
| 3rd person | yiztʼįįd | deiztʼįįd | |
| 4th person | jiztʼįįd | dajiztʼįįd | |
| PERFECTIVE² | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sistʼįįd | siitʼįįd | dasiitʼįįd |
| 2nd person | sínítʼįįd | soohtʼįįd | dasoohtʼįįd |
| 3rd person | — | — | |
| 4th person | jistʼįįd | dajistʼįįd | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshtʼįįł | diitʼįįł | dadiitʼįįł |
| 2nd person | díítʼįįł | doohtʼįįł | dadoohtʼįįł |
| 3rd person | yidootʼįįł | deidootʼįįł | |
| 4th person | jidootʼįįł | dazhdootʼįįł | |
Related terms
- yitʼį́ (neuter)
Etymology 2
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼįįh (imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to make”).
Verb
yitʼįįh
- (with bizééʼ) he/she/it is causing his/her death
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtʼįįh | yiitʼįįh | deiitʼįįh |
| 2nd person | nitʼįįh | wohtʼįįh | daahtʼįįh |
| 3rd person | yitʼįįh | — | |
| 4th person | jitʼįįh | dajitʼįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sistʼįįd | siitʼįįd | dasiitʼįįd |
| 2nd person | sínítʼįįd | soohtʼįįd | dasoohtʼįįd |
| 3rd person | — | — | |
| 4th person | jistʼįįd | dajistʼįįd | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshtʼįįł | diitʼįįł | dadiitʼįįł |
| 2nd person | díítʼįįł | doohtʼįįł | dadoohtʼįįł |
| 3rd person | — | — | |
| 4th person | jidootʼįįł | dazhdootʼįįł | |