ootsą́

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tsą́ (neuter perfective stem of root -TSĄĄD, “to be pregnant”)

Verb[edit]

ootsą́

  1. there is a pregnancy
  2. (with ) he is going to be a father
    Shá ootsą́I am going to be a father.

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ootsą́

  1. pregnancy