yiłhozh

yiłhozh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -wozh (repetitive stem of root -WOZH, “to be ticklish”).

Verb

yiłhozh

1. he/she is tickling him/her/it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (Ø/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishhozh	yiilwozh	deiilwozh
2nd person	niłhozh	wołhozh	daałhozh
3rd person	yiłhozh		deiłhozh
4th person	jiłhozh		dajiłhozh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłhozh	yiilwozh	deiilwozh
2nd person	yíníłhozh	woołhozh	daoołhozh
3rd person	yiyííłhozh		dayííłhozh
4th person	jííłhozh		dajííłhozh

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: ł + -wozh = hozh
• PERFECTIVE: ł + -wozh = hozh
• FUTURE: ł + -wosh = hosh
• ITERATIVE: ł + -wosh = hosh
• OPTATIVE: ł + -wozh = hozh

Related terms

• yiwozh