"yiʼeesh" meaning in Navajo

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Verb

Etymology: y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼeesh (conclusive imperfective stem of root -ʼEEZH, “to lead”). Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|3o|a}} y- (3rd person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|∅}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|3o|3s|∅}} y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ʼeesh</i>}} -ʼeesh, {{nv-link-to-stem|-ʼeesh|conclusive imperfective}} + -ʼeesh (conclusive imperfective stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ʼEEZH</i>}} -ʼEEZH, {{nv-link-to-root|-ʼEEZH|lead}} root -ʼEEZH, “to lead”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} yiʼeesh Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], yishʼeesh [first-person, imperfective, singular], yiitʼeesh [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], deiitʼeesh [first-person, imperfective, plural], niʼeesh [imperfective, second-person, singular], wohʼeesh [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], daahʼeesh [imperfective, plural, second-person], yiʼeesh [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], deiʼeesh [imperfective, plural, third-person], jiʼeesh [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], dajiʼeesh [fourth-person, imperfective, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], shéʼeezh [first-person, perfective, singular], shiitʼeezh [duoplural, first-person, perfective], dashiitʼeezh [first-person, perfective, plural], shíníʼeezh [perfective, second-person, singular], shooʼeezh [duoplural, perfective, second-person], dashooʼeezh [perfective, plural, second-person], yizhʼeezh [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], deizhʼeezh [perfective, plural, third-person], jizhʼeezh [duoplural, fourth-person, perfective, singular], dajizhʼeezh [fourth-person, perfective, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], deeshʼish [first-person, future, singular], diitʼish [duoplural, first-person, future], dadiitʼish [first-person, future, plural], dííʼish [future, second-person, singular], doohʼish [duoplural, future, second-person], dadoohʼish [future, plural, second-person], yidooʼish [duoplural, future, singular, third-person], deidooʼish [future, plural, third-person], jidooʼish [duoplural, fourth-person, future, singular], dazhdooʼish [fourth-person, future, plural]
  1. he/she is stringing them (as with beads)
    Sense id: en-yiʼeesh-nv-verb-TdSVo3EZ Categories (other): Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼEEZH (lead), Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object) Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼEEZH (lead): 46 54 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object): 46 54
  2. he/she is passing a series of them up (cars, as if making a string)
    Sense id: en-yiʼeesh-nv-verb-HgPlTVaK Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼEEZH (lead), Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts, Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object), Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier), Navajo verbs in the conclusive (∅/si) aspect, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼEEZH (lead): 46 54 Disambiguation of Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts: 18 82 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object): 46 54 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier): 42 58 Disambiguation of Navajo verbs in the conclusive (∅/si) aspect: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88

Inflected forms

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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "wohʼeesh",
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        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "daahʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "jiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
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      "form": "dajiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfective",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shéʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiitʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dashiitʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shíníʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dashooʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yizhʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "deeshʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diitʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dadiitʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dííʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doohʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "future",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dadoohʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "yidooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "duoplural",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "deidooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jidooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dazhdooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
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          "_dis": "46 54",
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        "he/she is stringing them (as with beads)"
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          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼEEZH (lead)",
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          "_dis": "39 61",
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        "he/she is passing a series of them up (cars, as if making a string)"
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          "pass",
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  ],
  "word": "yiʼeesh"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
      "form": "yishʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "yiitʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
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    {
      "form": "deiitʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
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    {
      "form": "niʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wohʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daahʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dajiʼeesh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shéʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiitʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dashiitʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shíníʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dashooʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yizhʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deizhʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jizhʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dajizhʼeezh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deeshʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diitʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dadiitʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dííʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doohʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "future",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dadoohʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yidooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deidooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jidooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dazhdooʼish",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "he/she is stringing them (as with beads)"
      ],
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        [
          "string",
          "string#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "he/she is passing a series of them up (cars, as if making a string)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yiʼeesh"
}

Download raw JSONL data for yiʼeesh meaning in Navajo (5.1kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "yiʼeesh"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "yiʼeesh",
  "trace": "started on line 4, detected on line 4"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "yiʼeesh"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "yiʼeesh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "yiʼeesh"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "yiʼeesh",
  "trace": "started on line 74, detected on line 74"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "yiʼeesh"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "yiʼeesh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "yiʼeesh"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "yiʼeesh",
  "trace": "started on line 74, detected on line 74"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "yiʼeesh"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "yiʼeesh",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Navajo dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (87ad358 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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