iiłkeed

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ʼa- (away) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-keed (imperfective stem of root -KID, “to slide — the shutter, the lever”).

Verb[edit]

iiłkeed

  1. he/she is photographing him/her/it, taking his/her/its picture
  2. he/she is shifting gears using it, shifting into it (a gear)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person iishkeed iilkeed adeiilkeed
2nd person aniłkeed oołkeed adaałkeed
3rd person iiłkeed adeiłkeed
4th person ajiłkeed adajiłkeed
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ííłkid iilkid adasiilkid
2nd person ííníłkid oołkid adasoołkid
3rd person ayííłkid adeiskid
4th person ajííłkid adajiskid
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person adeeshkił adiilkił adadiilkił
2nd person adííłkił adoołkił adadoołkił
3rd person iidoołkił adeidoołkił
4th person azhdoołkił adazhdoołkił

Passive: (I) iilkeed / (P) éélkid

Verbal stems[edit]

  • ITERATIVE: -kiʼ
  • OPTATIVE: -keed

Related terms[edit]