anootʼih

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tʼih (cursive stem of root -TʼIʼ, “to stagger”)

Verb

anootʼih

  1. to go staggering along

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi)

progressive singular duoplural plural
1st person aneeshtʼih aniitʼih daʼníitʼééh
2nd person aníítʼih anoohtʼih daʼnoohtʼééh
3rd person anootʼih daʼnéetʼééh
4th person azhnootʼih dazhʼnéetʼééh

References

  • 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 115.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 553