yoołʼoł

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -ʼoł (progressive stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb

yoołʼoł

  1. he/she is sailing it along, floating along in it, rowing it along

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 yishʼoł — deíníilʼeeł
2nd person yíłʼoł wołʼoł deínółʼeeł
3rd person yoołʼoł deíłʼeeł
4th person joołʼoł dajíłʼeeł

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 189
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