yíghááh

See also: niyą́

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) +

• ∅- (classifier) + -ááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go, to walk — 1 actor”)
• ∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, to walk — 2 actors”)
• d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go, to walk — 3 actors”)

Verb

yíghááh

1. he/she/it arrives

Usage notes

Like all go-verbs, this verb uses three different verb bases for 1 subject going alone, 2 subjects going in a pair, and 3+ subjects going in a group. All three bases can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See chʼéghááh, chʼéʼaash, chʼékááh for further details.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishááh	niitʼaash	niikááh
2nd person	nínááh	nohʼaash	nohkááh
3rd person	yíghááh	yíʼaash	yíkááh
4th person	jíghááh	jíʼaash	jíkááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	níyá	niitʼáázh	niikai
2nd person	yíníyá	nooʼáázh	noohkai
3rd person	níyá	níʼáázh	yíkai
4th person	jiníyá	jiníʼáázh	jíkai

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshááł	diitʼash	diikah
2nd person	díínááł	doohʼash	doohkah
3rd person	doogááł	dooʼash	dookah
4th person	jidoogááł	jidooʼash	jidookah

USITATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishááh	yiitʼash	yiikah
2nd person	ninááh	wohʼash	wohkah
3rd person	yighááh	yiʼash	yikah
4th person	jighááh	jiʼash	jikah

ITERATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	náshdááh	néiitʼash	néiikah
2nd person	nánídááh	náhʼash	náhkah
3rd person	nádááh	náʼash	nákah
4th person	ńjídááł	ńjíʼash	ńjíkah

OPTATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	wóshaʼ	wootʼaash	wookááh
2nd person	wóóyaʼ	woohʼaash	woohkááh
3rd person	wóyaʼ	wóʼaash	wókááh
4th person	jóyaʼ	jóʼaash	jókááh

Related terms

• dighááh