yíkááh

See also: yíkah

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3+ actors”).

Verb

yíkááh

1. he/she comes, arrives (as part of a group), they (3+) come, arrive

Usage notes

This stem is used for going in group. For individual movement, see yíghááh. For movement in pairs, see yíʼaash.

Singular forms of this verb, such as nishkááh, refer to one subject involved in a movement as a group of three or more.

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishkááh	niikááh	daniikááh
2nd person	níkááh	nohkááh	danohkááh
3rd person	yíkááh		deíkááh
4th person	jíkááh		dajíkááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishkai	niikai	daniikai
2nd person	yíníkai	noohkai	danoohkai
3rd person	yíkai		daaskai
4th person	jíkai		dajiskai

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshkah	diikah	dadiikah
2nd person	dííkah	doohkah	dadoohkah
3rd person	dookah		dadookah
4th person	jidookah		dazhdookah

Related terms

• dikááh
• chʼékááh
• haakááh
• iikááh
• naakai
• yikááh
• yikah

See also

• yíghááh (1), yíʼaash (2), yíkááh (3+)