yiyiiłkah

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-kah (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to shoot arrow”).

Verb[edit]

yiyiiłkah

  1. he/she is shooting it with an arrow

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yiishkah yiilkah deiilkah
2nd person yiiłkah woołkah daoołkah
3rd person yiyiiłkah dayiiłkah
4th person jiiłkah dajiiłkah
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person séłkah siilkah dasiilkah
2nd person síníłkah soołkah dasoołkah
3rd person yiskah deiskah
4th person jiskah dajiskah
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshkah diilkah dadiilkah
2nd person dííłkah doołkah dadoołkah
3rd person yidoołkah deidoołkah
4th person jidoołkah dazhdoołkah