yiłtʼeʼ
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼeʼ (imperfective stem of root -TʼEʼ, “to propel a slender stiff object or an animate object ”).
Verb
yiłtʼeʼ
- he/she is throwing it (a stick-like object)
- he/she is throwing it (something living or life-like)
- he/she is throwing it (a rigid, flat object)
- he/she is throwing it (a liquid)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with da-shift.
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishtʼeʼ | yiiltʼeʼ | deiiltʼeʼ |
| 2nd person | niłtʼeʼ | wołtʼeʼ | daałtʼeʼ |
| 3rd person | yiłtʼeʼ | deiłtʼeʼ | |
| 4th person | jiłtʼeʼ | dajiłtʼeʼ | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yíłtʼeʼ | yiiltʼeʼ | dasiiltʼeʼ |
| 2nd person | yíníłtʼeʼ | woołtʼeʼ | dasoołtʼeʼ |
| 3rd person | yiyííłtʼeʼ | deistʼeʼ | |
| 4th person | jííłtʼeʼ | dajistʼeʼ | |
Related terms
- haiłtʼeʼ
See also
| Navajo Propel Themes | to throw it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | ł | -NEʼ | yiłneʼ |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate | ł | -DÉÉL | yiłdeeł |
| FFO | sheet, paper | Ø | -ʼAH | yiʼáád |
| SSO | stick, pole | ł | -TʼEʼ | yiłtʼeʼ |
| AnO | animate, doll | |||
| 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 | ł | -KAAD | yiłkaad |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container | |||