yiłkááh

See also: yiłkąąh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KÁÁʼ, “to track”).

Verb

yiłkááh

1. he/she is tracking him/her/it somewhere, following his/her/its trail somewhere

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishkááh	yiilkááh	deiilkááh
2nd person	niłkááh	wołkááh	daałkááh
3rd person	yiłkááh		deiłkááh
4th person	jiłkááh		dajiłkááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłkááʼ	yiilkááʼ	dasiilkááʼ
2nd person	yíníłkááʼ	woołkááʼ	dasoołkááʼ
3rd person	yiyííłkááʼ		deiskááʼ
4th person	jííłkááʼ		dajiskááʼ

Related terms

• naalkaah
• naʼalkaah
• neiłkaah