yibizh

Navajo

Etymology

Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -bizh (conclusive imperfective stem of root -BIZH, “to braid”).

Verb

yibizh

he/she is braiding it, plaiting it
Shimá sání, shitsiiʼ shá nibizh, tʼáá shǫǫdí. ― Grandmother, would you braid my hair, please?

Conjugation

Paradigm: Conclusive (Ø/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishbizh	yiibizh	deiibizh
2nd person	nibizh	wohbizh	daahbizh
3rd person	yibizh		deibizh
4th person	jibizh		dajibizh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shébizh	shiibizh	dashiibizh
2nd person	shíníbizh	shoobizh	dashoobizh
3rd person	yizhbizh		deizhbizh
4th person	jizhbizh		dajizhbizh

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshbish	diibish	dadiibish
2nd person	dííbish	doohbish	dadoohbish
3rd person	yidoobish		deidoobish
4th person	jidoobish		dazhdoobish

Verbal stems

IMPERFECTIVE: -bizh
PERFECTIVE: -bizh
FUTURE: -bish
ITERATIVE: -bish
OPTATIVE: -bizh

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