yitiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tiʼ (repetitive imperfective stem of root -TIʼ, “to break”).

Verb

yitiʼ

1. he/she is breaking it off, snapping it off

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtiʼ	yiitiʼ	deiitiʼ
2nd person	nitiʼ	wohtiʼ	daahtiʼ
3rd person	yitiʼ		deitiʼ
4th person	jitiʼ		dajitiʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yítiʼ	yiitiʼ	deiitiʼ
2nd person	yínítiʼ	wootiʼ	daootiʼ
3rd person	yiyíítiʼ		dayíítiʼ
4th person	jíítiʼ		dajíítiʼ

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tiʼ
• PERFECTIVE: -tiʼ
• FUTURE: -tih
• ITERATIVE: -tih
• OPTATIVE: -tiʼ