yoosas

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-zas (progressive stem of root -ZAS, “to sprinkle”).

Verb[edit]

yoosas

  1. he/she is going along dripping it, going along dribbling it, is sprinkling it along (as seeds, salt, blood)

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 yisas yiilzas deíníilzáás
2nd person yísas wohsas deínóhsáás
3rd person yoosas deísáás
4th person joosas dajísáás

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