ółtaʼ

See also: olta, ólta, òlta, and óltaʼ

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -ł- (classifier) + -taʼ (imperfective stem of root -TAʼ, “to read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔo̞ɬ˦.txäʔ˨]

• Audio (NV):

  (file)

Verb

ółtaʼ (transitive, unspecified object)

1. he/she is studying

   Diné bizaad baa ííníshtaʼ

   I am studying the Navajo language.

2. he/she is counting
3. he/she is reading
4. he/she is attending school, goes to school

   Shaʼáłchíní áadi daʼółtaʼ. ― My children are going to school there.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííníshtaʼ	ííníiltaʼ	daʼííníiltaʼ
2nd person	ííníłtaʼ	íínółtaʼ	daʼíínółtaʼ
3rd person	ółtaʼ		daʼółtaʼ
4th person	ájółtaʼ		daʼjółtaʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííłtaʼ	íiltaʼ	daʼíiltaʼ
2nd person	ííníłtaʼ	óołtaʼ	daʼóołtaʼ
3rd person	ííłtaʼ		daʼííłtaʼ
4th person	ájííłtaʼ		daʼjííłtaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	íídéeshtah	íídíiltah	daʼíídíiltah
2nd person	íídííłtah	íídóołtah	daʼíídóołtah
3rd person	íídóołtah		daʼíídóołtah
4th person	íízhdóołtah		daʼíízhdóołtah

ITERATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	náʼííníshtah	náʼííníiltah	ńdaʼííníiltah
2nd person	náʼííníłtah	náʼíínółtah	ńdaʼíínółtah
3rd person	náʼółtah		ńdaʼółtah
4th person	náʼjółtah		ńdaʼjółtah

OPTATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	óoshtaʼ	óoltaʼ	daʼóoltaʼ
2nd person	óółtaʼ	óołtaʼ	daʼóołtaʼ
3rd person	óltaʼ		daʼółtaʼ
4th person	ajółtaʼ		daʼjółtaʼ

Derived terms

• áłchíní ółtaʼígíí

Related terms

• yółtaʼ
• óltaʼ (“school”)