Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼoh (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -TʼOH, “to shoot”).
Verb
yiyiiłtʼoh
- he/she is shooting him/her/it (with an arrow), stabbing him/her/it (with a spear)
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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yiishtʼoh
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yiiltʼoh
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deiiltʼoh
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| 2nd person
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yiiłtʼoh
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woołtʼoh
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daoołtʼoh
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| 3rd person
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yiyiiłtʼoh
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dayiiłtʼoh
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| 4th person
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jiiłtʼoh
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dajiiłtʼoh
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