yiłtʼees

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼees (conclusive imperfective stem of root -TʼÉ, “to cook — intransitive”)

Verb

yiłtʼees

he/she is cooking it, roasting it, frying it
Naadą́ą́ʼ dilchxoshí yistʼees. ― I make popcorn.

Ásaaʼ yiłtʼees. ― He fires pottery.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Conclusive (Ø/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yistʼees	yiiltʼees	deiiltʼees
2nd person	niłtʼees	wołtʼees	daałtʼees
3rd person	yiłtʼees		deiłtʼees
4th person	jiłtʼees		dajiłtʼees

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	séłtʼé	siiltʼé	dasiiltʼé
2nd person	síníłtʼé	soołtʼé	dasoołtʼé
3rd person	yistʼé		deistʼé
4th person	jistʼé		dajistʼé

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deestʼis	diiltʼis	dadiiltʼis
2nd person	dííłtʼis	doołtʼis	dadoołtʼis
3rd person	yidoołtʼis		deidoołtʼis
4th person	jidoołtʼis		dazhdoołtʼis

Verbal stems

IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼees
PERFECTIVE: -tʼé
FUTURE: -tʼis
ITERATIVE: -tʼis
OPTATIVE: -tʼéés

Related terms

sitʼé
yitʼees

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