yooʼááł

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yooʼááł

1. he/she is going along carrying it (a solid roundish object)

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishʼááł	yiitʼááł	deíníitʼaah
2nd person	yíʼááł	wohʼááł	deínóhʼaah
3rd person	yooʼááł		deíʼaah
4th person	jooʼááł		dajíʼaah

Related terms

• eʼeʼaah
• haʼaʼaah
• naazʼą́
• neiʼá
• siʼą́
• yiʼaah

See also

• yoojih
• yookááł
• yooyééł