yi-

• IPA^(key): /jɪ̀-/

yi-

1. his, her, its, their

   ‎amá (“one's mother”) + ‎yi- → ‎yimá (“his/her/its/their mother”)

yi-

2. A peg element added to 1st person singular and third person ∅-imperfective verbs to fit syllable shape restraints

   ‎yi- + ‎sh- + -cha → ‎yishcha (“I'm crying”)

• Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (peg element)

  yibááh

  yibal

  yibéézh

  yicha

  yíchííł

  yíchʼííh

  yidąąh

  yideeł

  yidleeʼ

  yidlóóh

  yidziih

  yigan

  yigeeh

  yighááh

  yíghááh

  yighaał

  yihę́ę́s

  yíjeeh

  yikááh

  yíkááh

  yikad

  yikah

  yikęęs

  yilchʼąął

  yildin

  yildlóósh

  yíldlóósh

  yileeh

  yílį́

  yilnood

  yiltłʼééh

  yíltłʼééh

  yiltsą́

  yilyeed

  yílyeed

  yilʼá

  yimáás

  yímáás

  yinééh

  yínééh

  yishtłizh

  yitaał

  yitiih

  yitin

  yitʼééh

  yítʼééh

  yitʼį́

  yitłíísh

  yítłizh

  yitsʼííd

  yiwod

  yiwozh

  yiyéés

  yíyéés

  yiyį́į́h

  yiził

  yiʼaash

  yiʼeeł

  yíʼeeł

  yiʼéés

  yiʼnééh

  yíʼnééh
• y-

yi-

2. Marks the progressive mode

   ‎-DLOʼ (“to laugh”) + ‎yi- → ‎yidloh (“he/she/it is smiling”)

3. With di-, marks the future mode

The future tense prefixes are formed by combining di- and yi-:

yi-

2. Marks the transitional aspect

• Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (transitional)

  bééhoozįįh

  dii-

  diibááh

  diichʼééh

  diidzééh

  diigis

  diiłheeł

  diimáás

  diitííh

  diitłʼíísh

  hiłiijį́į́h

  honiikʼáás

  honiizííł

  hoogááh

  hoolʼįįh

  hoołʼaah

  hooʼaah

  íhoołʼaah

  iiłháásh

  yiłdził

  niidóóh

  yadidiilnííh

  yayiizííd

  yidiidzį́į́s

  yidiilkaal

  yidiilóós

  yidiiłbąąs

  yidiiłkǫǫh

  yidiiłmáás

  yidiiłtłʼíísh

  yidiitsʼį́į́h

  yíhoołʼaah

  yiibááh

  yiichííh

  yiigááh

  yiijį́į́h

  yiiltééh

  yiiłtsʼįįł

  yiitáás

  yiitįįh

  yiitsóóh

  yiizįįh

  yiniisííł

  yiską́

  yiyiiłbááh

  yiyiiłchííh

  yiyiiłgááh

  yiyiiłtáás

  yiyiiłtsóóh

  yiyiinih

  yiyiishį́į́h

yi-

2. alternative form of hi-, used after dzi-, position IV prefixes, and V prefixes

• Young, Robert W & William Morgan, Sr. The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 1987.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-.

yi-

1. they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them; class 4 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-.

yi-

1. he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. him, her, it; class 9 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-.

yi-

1. they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them; class 4 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-.

yi-

1. he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. him, her, it; class 9 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-.

yi-

1. they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them; class 4 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-.

yi-

1. he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. him, her, it; class 9 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-.

yi-

1. they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them; class 4 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-.

yi-

1. he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. him, her, it; class 9 object concord.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-

yi-

1. Class 4 subject concord.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-

yi-

1. Class 9 subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-.

yi-

1. they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them; class 4 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-.

yi-

1. he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. him, her, it; class 9 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *gɪ́-.

yí-

1. they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them; class 4 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *jɪ́-.

yí-

1. he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.
2. him, her, it; class 9 object concord.

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “yi-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yi-”