yidiłtʼééh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (extension) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb[edit]

yidiłtʼééh

  1. he/she is extending or stretching it in a line, is forming a line with it (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
  2. he/she is lining them up (as children, a group of people, stones)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person dishtʼééh diiltʼééh dadiiltʼééh
2nd person díłtʼééh dołtʼééh dadołtʼééh
3rd person yidiłtʼééh deidiłtʼééh
4th person jidiłtʼééh dazhdiłtʼééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person déłtʼiʼ deeltʼiʼ dadeeltʼiʼ
2nd person díníłtʼiʼ disoołtʼiʼ dadisoołtʼiʼ
3rd person yideestʼiʼ deideestʼiʼ
4th person jideestʼiʼ dazhdeestʼiʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person dideeshtʼih didiiltʼih dadidiiltʼih
2nd person didííłtʼih didoołtʼih dadidoołtʼih
3rd person yididoołtʼih deididoołtʼih
4th person dizhdoołtʼih dazhdidoołtʼih

Verbal stems[edit]

  • ITERATIVE: -tʼih
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼééh

Related terms[edit]