yoozoh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -zoh (progressive stem of root -ZO, “to mark”).

Verb

yoozoh

1. he/she is in the process of writing on it, in the process of marking on 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	yisoh	yiidzoh	deíníidzoh
2nd person	yízoh	wohsoh	deínóhsoh
3rd person	yoozoh		deízoh
4th person	joozoh		dajízoh

Related terms

• hahoodzo
• naʼazo
• náházo
• yiyiizoh