-YIIZH

Navajo

Root

-YIIZH

1. to bend, stoop, rub

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-yíísh	-yiizh	-yish	-yish	-yíísh
Reversitative	-yish	-yiizh	-yish	-gish	-yish
REV d-effect	-gish	-giizh	-gish	-gish	-gish
Continuative	-yiish	—	—	—	—
Neuter	—	-yiizh, -yish	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 351.