yitih

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tih (progressive stem of root -TIH, “to grow old”).

Verb

yitih

1. he/she is aging, is getting old, is growing old

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishtih	yiitih	deíníitííh
2nd person	yítih	wohtih	deínóhtííh
3rd person	yitih		deítííh
4th person	jootih		dajítííh

Related terms

• haatih
• haastih