haaldóóh
Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“up out”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -dóóh (imperfective stem of root -DO, “gas floats”).
Verb
haaldóóh
- it floats, drifts or sails up out through the air (smoke, a cloud, a balloon)
- Shił haaldo. ― I take off in a balloon. (lit. it floats up with me.)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), third person only.
3rd person singular | |
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IMPERFECTIVE | haaldóóh |
PERFECTIVE | haaldo |
FUTURE | hadooldoh |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -dóóh
- PERFECTIVE: -do
- FUTURE: -doh
- ITERATIVE: -doh
- OPTATIVE: -dóóh