kʼéldlóósh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

kʼí- (straight) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-dlóósh (imperfective stem of root -DLOOZH, “to go on all four”).

Verb[edit]

kʼéldlóósh

  1. it is keeps right on trotting along (as a horse whose rider fell off)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE kʼéldlóósh
PERFECTIVE kʼéshdlóósh
FUTURE kʼídooldlosh

Verbal stems[edit]

  • ITERATIVE: -dlosh
  • OPTATIVE: -dlóósh

Related terms[edit]