yoołʼoł

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -ʼoł (progressive stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb

yoołʼoł

1. he/she is sailing it along, floating along in it, rowing it along

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	yishʼoł	—	deíníilʼeeł
2nd person	yíłʼoł	wołʼoł	deínółʼeeł
3rd person	yoołʼoł		deíłʼeeł
4th person	joołʼoł		dajíłʼeeł

Related terms

• chʼéʼeeł
• chʼííłʼeeł
• haaʼeeł
• haiłʼeeł
• iiłʼeeł
• iiʼeeł
• naaʼeeł
• neiłʼeeł
• yiłʼeeł
• yisdéíłʼeeł
• yiʼeeł
• yíʼeeł
• yiʼoł

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 189