yilkeed

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-keed (durative imperfective stem of root -KID, “to eat a chunky object”).

Verb[edit]

yilkeed

  1. he/she is chewing it (something roundish)
  2. he/she is eating it (something roundish)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishkeed yiilkeed deiilkeed
2nd person nilkeed wołkeed daałkeed
3rd person yilkeed deilkeed
4th person jilkeed dajilkeed
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishkid yiilkid deiilkid
2nd person yínílkid woołkid daoołkid
3rd person yoolkid dayoolkid
4th person joolkid dajoolkid

See also[edit]