yiłdeeł
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -deeł (imperfective stem of root -DÉÉL, “a slender flexible object moves”).
Verb
yiłdeeł
- he/she is throwing it (a slender flexible object as a rope, a chain, a belt)
- he/she is throwing them (a pair of objects as shoes, socks, scissors)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishdeeł | yiildeeł | deiildeeł |
| 2nd person | niłdeeł | wołdeeł | daałdeeł |
| 3rd person | yiłdeeł | deiłdeeł | |
| 4th person | jiłdeeł | dajiłdeeł | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yíłdéél | yiildéél | dasiildéél |
| 2nd person | yíníłdéél | woołdéél | dasoołdéél |
| 3rd person | yiyííłdéél | deisdéél | |
| 4th person | jííłdéél | dajisdéél | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshdił | diildił | dadiildił |
| 2nd person | dííłdił | doołdił | dadoołdił |
| 3rd person | yidoołdił | deidoołdił | |
| 4th person | jidoołdił | dazhdoołdił | |
See also
| Navajo Propel Themes | to throw it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | ł | -NEʼ | yiłneʼ |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
ł | -DÉÉL | yiłdeeł |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ∅ | -ʼAH | yiʼáád |
| SSO | stick, pole | ł | -TʼEʼ | yiłtʼeʼ |
| AnO | animate, doll | |||
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
| MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
| LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
| PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
| PlO2 | profusion | ł | -KAAD | yiłkaad |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container | |||