yitįįh

See also: yitiih

Navajo

Etymology 1

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tįįh (imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).

Verb

yitįįh

1. he/she is moving it, handling it (a slender stiff object as a stick)

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtįįh	yiitįįh	deiitįįh
2nd person	nitįįh	wohtįįh	daahtįįh
3rd person	yitįįh		deitįįh
4th person	jitįįh		dajitįįh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yítą́	yiitą́	dasiitą́
2nd person	yínítą́	wootą́	dasootą́
3rd person	yiyíítą́		deiztą́
4th person	jíítą́		dajiztą́

See also

Navajo Handle Themes				to move it
Class	Examples	Theme
SRO	generic	∅	-ʼĄ́	yiʼaah
SFO	rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate	∅	-LÁ	yilé
FFO	sheet, paper	ł	-TSOOZ	yiłtsóós
SSO	stick, pole	∅	-TĄ́	yitįįh
AnO	animate, doll	ł	-TĮ́	yiłteeh
NCM	wig, hay; fog	ł	-JOOL	yiłjooł
MM	butter; frog	∅	-TŁÉÉʼ	yitłeeh
LPB	load, burden	∅	-YĮ́	yiyeeh
PlO1	severality	∅	-NIL	yinííł
PlO2	profusion	∅	-JAAʼ	yijááh
OC	severality/profusion in a container	∅	-KĄ́	yikaah

Etymology 2

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, reflexive) + -tįįh (imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).

Verb

yitįįh

1. (with ádąąh dah) he/she is strapping it on himself/herself, pinning it on himself/herself

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtįįh	yiitįįh	deiitįįh
2nd person	nitįįh	wohtįįh	daahtįįh
3rd person	yitįįh		deitįįh
4th person	jitįįh		dajitįįh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sistą́	siitą́	dasiitą́
2nd person	sínítą́	soohtą́	dasoohtą́
3rd person	yistą́		deistą́
4th person	jistą́		dajistą́

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshtį́į́ł	diitį́į́ł	dadiitį́į́ł
2nd person	díítį́į́ł	doohtį́į́ł	dadoohtį́į́ł
3rd person	yidootį́į́ł		deidootį́į́ł
4th person	jidootį́į́ł		dazhdootį́į́ł