yiltʼé
Navajo
Etymology
ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tʼé (neuter absolute stem of root -TʼEʼ, “to be”).
Verb
yiltʼé
- to be a certain number
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter absolute (∅), plural only
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | niiltʼé | daniiltʼé |
| 2nd person | — | nołtʼé | danołtʼé |
| 3rd person | yiltʼé | daaltʼé | |
| 4th person | jiltʼé | dajiltʼé | |
Derived terms
- táltʼé (“there are three of them”)
- dį́ltʼé (“there are four of them”)
- ashdlaltʼé (“there are five of them”)
- hastą́ltʼé (“there are six of them”)
- tsostsʼiltʼé (“there are seven of them”)
- tseebíltʼé (“there are eight of them”)
- náhástʼéltʼé (“there are nine of them”)
- neeználtʼé (“there are ten of them”)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 539