yímáás

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-máás (imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”).

Verb[edit]

yímáás

  1. he/she/it comes, arrives rolling to a place

Conjugation[edit]

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nismáás niiʼmáás daniiʼmáás
2nd person nímáás nohmáás danohmáás
3rd person yímáás deímáás
4th person jímáás dajímáás
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nímááz niiʼmááz daniiʼmááz
2nd person yínímááz noomááz danoomááz
3rd person nímááz daazmááz
4th person jinímááz dajizmááz
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deesmas diiʼmas dadiiʼmas
2nd person díímas doohmas dadoohmas
3rd person doomas dadoomas
4th person jidoomas dazhdoomas