yiłdzid

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-dzid (repetitive stem of root -DZID, “to shake”).

Verb[edit]

yiłdzid

  1. he/she is sifting it, shaking it in a screen or pan

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yisdzid yiildzid deiildzid
2nd person niłdzid wołdzid daałdzid
3rd person yiłdzid deiłdzid
4th person jiłdzid dajiłdzid
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yíłdzid yiildzid deiildzid
2nd person yíníłdzid woołdzid daoołdzid
3rd person yiyííłdzid dayííłdzid
4th person jííłdzid dajííłdzid

Verbal stems[edit]

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -dzid
  • PERFECTIVE: -dzid
  • FUTURE: -dził
  • ITERATIVE: -dziʼ
  • OPTATIVE: -dzid

Related terms[edit]