yiłtsʼééh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-tsʼééh (durative imperfective stem of root -TSʼEEʼ, “to eat a mushy object”).

Verb[edit]

yiłtsʼééh

  1. he/she is chewing it (something mushy)
  2. he/she is eating it (something mushy)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yistsʼééh yiiltsʼééh deiiltsʼééh
2nd person niłtsʼééh wołtsʼééh daałtsʼééh
3rd person yiłtsʼééh deiłtsʼééh
4th person jiłtsʼééh dajiłtsʼééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yíłtsʼeeʼ yiiltsʼeeʼ deiiltsʼeeʼ
2nd person yíníłtsʼeeʼ woołtsʼeeʼ daoołtsʼeeʼ
3rd person yiyííłtsʼeeʼ dayííłtsʼeeʼ
4th person jííłtsʼeeʼ dajííłtsʼeeʼ

See also[edit]