-YIH

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸikʸ ~ *ɣʸitšʼʷ (“to breathe”).

Root

-YIH

  1. to pant
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + ∅ repetitive S pants

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
REP -yih -yih -yih -yih -yih

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -YIH (pant)
ayih
diyih

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 721
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