Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -chįh (semelfactive stem of root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to smell”)
Verb
yiyiiłchįh
- he/she/it takes a sniff of it
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
| imperfective
|
singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
|
yiishchįh
|
yiilchįh
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deiilchįh
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| 2nd person
|
yiiłchįh
|
woołchįh
|
daoołchįh
|
| 3rd person
|
yiyiiłchįh
|
dayiiłchįh
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| 4th person
|
jiiłchįh
|
dajiiłchįh
|
| perfective
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
|
shéłchįh
|
shiilchįh
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dashiilchįh
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| 2nd person
|
shíníłchįh
|
shoołchįh
|
dashoołchįh
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| 3rd person
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yishchįh
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deishchįh
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| 4th person
|
jishchįh
|
dajishchįh
|
| future
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
|
deeshchįh
|
diilchįh
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dadiilchįh
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| 2nd person
|
dííłchįh
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doołchįh
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dadoołchįh
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| 3rd person
|
yidoołchįh
|
deidoołchįh
|
| 4th person
|
jidoołchįh
|
dazhdoołchįh
|
Stem set
- IMPERFECTIVE: -chįh
- PERFECTIVE: -chįh
- FUTURE: -chįh
- ITERATIVE: -chįh
- OPTATIVE: -chįh