yiʼash

See also: yíʼash

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼash (progressive stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go — 2 actors”).

Verb

yiʼash

1. he/she is going along (with another person, as part of a pair), they (a pair of people) are going along

Usage notes

This stem is used for going in pairs. For individual movement, see yigááł. For movement in groups of three or more, see yikah.

Singular forms of this verb, such as yishʼash, refer to one subject involved in a movement as a pair. Distributive plural forms refer to several people going in pairs independent one from another.

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishʼash	yiitʼash	—
2nd person	yíʼash	wohʼash	—
3rd person	yiʼash		—
4th person	jooʼash		—

Related terms

• yiʼaash

See also

• yigááł (1), yiʼash (2), yikah (3+)