yimáás

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-máás (imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”).

Verb[edit]

yimáás (intransitive)

  1. he/she is rolling

Conjugation[edit]

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yismáás yiiʼmáás deiiʼmáás
2nd person nimáás wohmáás daahmáás
3rd person yimáás daamáás
4th person jimáás dajimáás
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yímááz yiiʼmááz dasiiʼmááz
2nd person yínímááz woomááz dasoomááz
3rd person yímááz daazmááz
4th person jíímááz dajizmááz

Verbal stems[edit]

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -máás
  • PERFECTIVE: -mááz
  • FUTURE: -mas
  • ITERATIVE: -mas
  • OPTATIVE: -máás