yiyiiłoh
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -loh (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -LOʼ, “to act with a rope”).
Verb
yiyiiłoh
- he/she is lassoing it
- he/she is trapping it, snaring it
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yiishłoh | yiidloh | deiidloh |
2nd person | yiiloh | woohłoh | daoohłoh |
3rd person | yiyiiloh | dayiiloh | |
4th person | jiiloh | dajiiloh |