yoołtééł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-tééł (progressive stem of root -TĮ́, “ to handle an animate object”).

Verb[edit]

yoołtééł

  1. he/she is going along carrying him/her/it (something animate)

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 yishtééł yiiltééł deíníilteeh
2nd person yíłtééł wołtééł deínółteeh
3rd person yoołtééł deíłteeh
4th person joołtééł dajíłteeh

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