yiʼeeł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb[edit]

yiʼeeł

  1. he/she is floating

Usage notes[edit]

The first-person duoplural form of this verb is irregular (no d-effect).

Conjugation[edit]

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishʼeeł yiiʼeeł deiiʼeeł
2nd person niʼeeł wohʼeeł daahʼeeł
3rd person yiʼeeł daaʼeeł
4th person jiʼeeł dajiʼeeł
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yíʼéél yiiʼéél dasiiʼéél
2nd person yíníʼéél wooʼéél dasooʼéél
3rd person yíʼéél daazʼéél
4th person jííʼéél dajizʼéél