yiigááh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-gááh (transitional imperfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”).

Verb[edit]

yiigááh (intransitive)

  1. he/she is turning white

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishgááh yiigááh deiigááh
2nd person yiigááh woohgááh daoohgááh
3rd person yiigááh dayiigááh
4th person jiigááh dajiigááh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiigaii yiigaii deiigaii
2nd person yinigaii woogaii daoogaii
3rd person yiigaii deigaii
4th person jiigaii dajiigaii

Verb[edit]

yiigááh

  1. second-person singular imperfective form of yiigááh
  2. first-person duoplural imperfective of yiigááh