yootʼááł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, reflexive)-ʼááł (progressive stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle a solid roundish object”).

Verb[edit]

yootʼááł

  1. (with áchá) he/she is walking along with aggressive intentions

Usage notes[edit]

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishtʼááł yiitʼááł deíníitʼaah
2nd person yítʼááł wohtʼááł deínóhtʼaah
3rd person yootʼááł deítʼaah
4th person jootʼááł dajítʼaah

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