yíjááh

See also: yijááh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jááh (imperfective stem of root -JAAʼ, “to handle a profusion of small objects”).

Verb

yíjááh

1. he/she is bringing them, arriving carrying them (profusion of small objects as seeds)
2. (with baa) he/she gives them to him/her

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishjááh	niijááh	daniijááh
2nd person	níjááh	nohjááh	danohjááh
3rd person	yíjááh		deíjááh
4th person	jíjááh		dajíjááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	níjaaʼ	niijaaʼ	daniijaaʼ
2nd person	yíníjaaʼ	noojaaʼ	danoojaaʼ
3rd person	yiníjaaʼ		deizhjaaʼ
4th person	jiníjaaʼ		dajizhjaaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshjih	diijih	dadiijih
2nd person	dííjih	doohjih	dadoohjih
3rd person	yidoojih		deidoojih
4th person	jidoojih		dazhdoojih

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -jááh
• PERFECTIVE: -jaaʼ
• FUTURE: -jih
• ITERATIVE: -jih
• OPTATIVE: -jááh

Related terms

• naazhjaaʼ
• neijaah
• shijaaʼ
• yijááh
• yoojih

See also

• yíyeeh