yooshoł

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -zhoł (progressive stem of root -ZHÓÓD, “a bulky object moves, slides”).

Verb

yooshoł

1. he/she is going along dragging it, hauling it

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	yishoł	yiilzhoł	deíníilzhood
2nd person	yíshoł	wohshoł	deínóhshood
3rd person	yooshoł		deíshood
4th person	jooshoł		dajíshood

Related terms

• yishood