yidą́

See also: Yida and yida

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, reflexive) + -yą́ (imperfective stem of root -YĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to eat”).

Verb

yidą́

1. (with áde) he/she is eating too much of it, overeating on it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishdą́	yiidą́	deiidą́
2nd person	nidą́	wohdą́	daahdą́
3rd person	yidą́		deidą́
4th person	jidą́		dajidą́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishdą́ą́ʼ	yiidą́ą́ʼ	deiidą́ą́ʼ
2nd person	yínídą́ą́ʼ	woohdą́ą́ʼ	daoohdą́ą́ʼ
3rd person	yoodą́ą́ʼ		dayoodą́ą́ʼ
4th person	joodą́ą́ʼ		dajoodą́ą́ʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshdį́į́ł	diidį́į́ł	dadiidį́į́ł
2nd person	díídį́į́ł	doohdį́į́ł	dadoohdį́į́ł
3rd person	yidoodį́į́ł		deidoodį́į́ł
4th person	jidoodį́į́ł		dazhdoodį́į́ł

Related terms

• ayą́
• yiyą́