yikah

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See also: yíkah

Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-kah (progressive stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3+ actors”).

Verb[edit]

yikah

  1. he/she is going along (with at least two other people, as part of a group), they (3+) are going along

Usage notes[edit]

This stem is used for going in group. For individual movement, see yigááł. For movement in pairs, see yiʼash.

Singular forms of this verb, such as yishkah, refer to one subject involved in a movement as a group of three or more.

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishkah yiikah deíníikááh
2nd person yíkah wohkah deínóhkááh
3rd person yikah deíkááh
4th person jookah dajíkááh

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