yiłʼeeł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb[edit]

yiłʼeeł

  1. he/she is sailing it somewhere, floating in it somewhere, rowing it somewhere

Conjugation[edit]

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishʼeeł yiilʼeeł deiilʼeeł
2nd person niłʼeeł wołʼeeł daałʼeeł
3rd person yiłʼeeł deiłʼeeł
4th person jiłʼeeł dajiłʼeeł
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yíłʼéél yiilʼéél dasiilʼéél
2nd person yíníłʼéél woołʼéél dasoołʼéél
3rd person yiyííłʼéél deisʼéél
4th person jííłʼéél dajisʼéél