-YÁ

From Proto-Athabaskan *(h)aʷ (“to go (one actor)”). Cognate with Lower Tanana yo.

-YÁ

1. to walk, go (of one actor)

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

• This root is used only to describe the motion of one actor or (with the duoplural) to describe the motion of "one of us" or "one of you"
• The stems given above vary somewhat based on the person. Thus, the continuous verb naaghá (“he/she goes about”) features -á as -ghá, while second person naniná (“you (singular) go about”) realizes it as -ná

• -ʼÁÁZH (2 actors)
• -KAI (3+ actors)

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 328.
• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 661