yiłtʼeʼ

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼeʼ (imperfective stem of root -TʼEʼ, “to propel a slender stiff object or an animate object ”).

Verb

yiłtʼeʼ

1. he/she is throwing it (a stick-like object)
2. he/she is throwing it (something living or life-like)
3. he/she is throwing it (a rigid, flat object)
4. he/she is throwing it (a liquid)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/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	∅	-ʼAH	yiʼáád
SSO	stick, pole	ł	-TʼEʼ	yiłtʼeʼ
AnO	animate, doll
NCM	wig, hay; fog	ł	-JOOL	yiłjooł
MM	butter; frog	∅	-TŁÉÉʼ	yitłeeh
LPB	load, burden	∅	-YĮ́	yiyeeh
PlO1	severality	∅	-NIL	yinííł
PlO2	profusion	ł	-KAAD	yiłkaad
OC	severality/profusion in a container