yoołtʼááł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

This verb uses a double classifier and applies to the handling of fire or burning objects.

Verb[edit]

yoołtʼááł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (fire)

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 yishtʼááł yiiltʼááł deíníiltʼaah
2nd person yíłtʼááł wołtʼááł deínółtʼaah
3rd person yoołtʼááł deíłtʼaah
4th person joołtʼááł dajíłtʼaah

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