iitʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

iitʼééh

1. it extends away out of sight (as a rope, a fence or tracks)
2. (with bíniʼ) he/she/it longs for it (food, water, cigarette)

   Télii éí tóógóó tʼéiyá bíniʼ iitʼééh. ― The burro is just longing for water.

3. (with bíniʼ) he/she/it worries about it

   Shaʼáłchíní bichʼįʼ shíniʼ iitʼééh. ― I'm worried about my children.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	iitʼééh
PERFECTIVE	íítʼiʼ
FUTURE	adootih

Related terms

• chʼétʼééh
• chʼííłtʼééh
• ditʼééh
• haatʼééh
• haiłtʼééh
• iiłtʼééh
• naatʼiʼ
• neiłtʼiʼ
• néíłtʼih
• yidiłtʼééh
• yiłtʼééh
• yitʼééh
• yítʼééh
• yítʼiʼ
• yoołtʼih