yitʼį́

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Etymology 1

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y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, mediopassive)-ʼį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, “to look”).

Verb

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yitʼį́

  1. he/she/it is visible
  2. he/she/it is seen
Usage notes
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This is a neuter, irregular verb. As such, it is only conjugated in one mode, which seems to be a combination of imperfective, perfective, and progressive forms.

Conjugation
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Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), with some irregularities.

PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishtʼį́ yiitʼį́ deiitʼį́
2nd person yínítʼį́ wohtʼį́ daahtʼį́
3rd person yitʼį́ daatʼį́
4th person jootʼį́ dajootʼį́

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Etymology 2

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y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-ʼį́ (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to make”).

Verb

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yitʼį́

  1. he/she/it is faring, getting along, is doing (good or bad), is involved in
Conjugation
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Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishtʼį́ yiitʼį́ deiitʼį́
2nd person nitʼį́ wohtʼį́ daahtʼį́
3rd person yitʼį́ daatʼį́
4th person jitʼį́ dajitʼį́
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yítʼįįd yiitʼįįd deiitʼįįd
2nd person yínítʼįįd wootʼįįd daootʼįįd
3rd person yítʼįįd dáátʼįįd
4th person jíítʼįįd dajíítʼįįd

Etymology 3

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y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, thematic)-ʼį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to be wealthy”).

Verb

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yitʼį́

  1. he/she is wealthy in it
Usage notes
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This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation
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Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishtʼį́ yiitʼį́ deiitʼį́
2nd person nitʼį́ wohtʼį́ daahtʼį́
3rd person yitʼį́ deitʼį́
4th person jitʼį́ dajitʼį́
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