yiitsʼił
Navajo
Etymology
yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsʼił (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -TSʼIL, “to shatter”).
Verb
yiitsʼił
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yiistsʼił | yiitsʼił | deiitsʼił |
| 2nd person | yiitsʼił | woohtsʼił | daoohtsʼił |
| 3rd person | yiyiitsʼił | dayiitsʼił | |
| 4th person | jiitsʼił | dajiitsʼił | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sétsʼil | siitsʼil | dasiitsʼil |
| 2nd person | sínítsʼil | sootsʼil | dasootsʼil |
| 3rd person | yiztsʼil | deiztsʼil | |
| 4th person | jiztsʼil | dajiztsʼil | |
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 636