iiłtʼééh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ʼa- (away) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb[edit]

iiłtʼééh

  1. he/she is extending it away (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
    Yah iiłtʼééh.He extends it into an enclosure.

Conjugation[edit]

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person iishtʼééh iiltʼééh adeiiltʼééh
2nd person aniłtʼééh oołtʼééh adaałtʼééh
3rd person iiłtʼééh adeiłtʼééh
4th person ajiłtʼééh adajiłtʼééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ííłtʼiʼ iiltʼiʼ adasiiltʼiʼ
2nd person ííníłtʼiʼ oołtʼiʼ adasoołtʼiʼ
3rd person ayííłtʼiʼ adeistʼiʼ
4th person ajííłtʼiʼ adajistʼiʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person adeeshtʼih adiiltʼih adadiiltʼih
2nd person adííłtʼih adoołtʼih adadoołtʼih
3rd person iidoołtʼih adeidoołtʼih
4th person azhdoołtʼih adazhdoołtʼih

Verbal stems[edit]

  • ITERATIVE: -tʼih
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼééh

Related terms[edit]