yiʼaash

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, to walk — 2 actors”).

Verb

yiʼaash

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

Usage notes

The stem is used for going / walking in pairs. For individual movement, see yighááh. For movement in groups of three or more, see yikááh.

Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject involved in a movement as a pair:

• Bił yíʼáázh. ― I went with him.

Distributive plural forms refer to several people going in pairs independent one from another.

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishʼaash	yiitʼaash	deiitʼaash
2nd person	niʼaash	wohʼaash	daahʼaash
3rd person	yiʼaash		daaʼaash
4th person	jiʼaash		dajiʼaash

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíʼáázh	yiitʼáázh	dashiitʼáázh
2nd person	yíníʼáázh	wooʼáázh	dashooʼáázh
3rd person	yíʼáázh		daazhʼáázh
4th person	jííʼáázh		dajizhʼáázh

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshʼash	diitʼash	dadiitʼash
2nd person	dííʼash	doohʼash	dadoohʼash
3rd person	dooʼash		dadooʼash
4th person	jidooʼash		dazhdooʼash

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaash
• PERFECTIVE: -ʼáázh
• FUTURE: -ʼash
• ITERATIVE: -tʼash
• OPTATIVE: -ʼaash

See also

• yighááh
• yikááh