Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -loh (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -LOʼ, “to act with a rope”).
Verb
yiyiiłoh
- he/she is lassoing it
- he/she is trapping it, snaring it
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).
| imperfective
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
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yiishłoh
|
yiidloh
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deiidloh
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| 2nd person
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yiiloh
|
woohłoh
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daoohłoh
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| 3rd person
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yiyiiloh
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dayiiloh
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| 4th person
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jiiloh
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dajiiloh
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