yidlą́

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -dlą́ (durative imperfective stem of root -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to drink”).

Verb

yidlą́

1. he/she is drinking it

Usage notes

This verb is also used for eating foods that are mostly liquid, like soup.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishdlą́	yiidlą́	deiidlą́
2nd person	nidlą́	wohdlą́	daahdlą́
3rd person	yidlą́		deidlą́
4th person	jidlą́		dajidlą́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishdlą́ą́ʼ	yiidlą́ą́ʼ	deiidlą́ą́ʼ
2nd person	yínídlą́ą́ʼ	woohdlą́ą́ʼ	daoohdlą́ą́ʼ
3rd person	yoodlą́ą́ʼ		dayoodlą́ą́ʼ
4th person	joodlą́ą́ʼ		dajoodlą́ą́ʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshdlį́į́ł	diidlį́į́ł	dadiidlį́į́ł
2nd person	díídlį́į́ł	doohdlį́į́ł	dadoohdlį́į́ł
3rd person	yidoodlį́į́ł		deidoodlį́į́ł
4th person	jidoodlį́į́ł		dazhdoodlį́į́ł

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -dlą́
• PERFECTIVE: -dlą́ą́ʼ
• FUTURE: -dlį́į́ł
• ITERATIVE: -dlį́į́h
• OPTATIVE: -dlą́ą́ʼ

Related terms

• adlą́

See also

• yidlą́ (liquid)
• yiʼaał (hard)
• yildeeł (plural)
• yilghał (meat)
• yilkeed (chunky)
• yiłchozh (leafy)
• yiłtsʼééh (mushy)