Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -d- (classifier)-lą́ (neuter imperfective stem of root -LĄĄD, “to believe”).

Verb edit

yoodlą́

  1. he/she believes him/her/it

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), with some irregularities.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person wooshdlą́, yinishdlą́ yiidlą́, yiniidlą́ dayiidlą́, deiniidlą́
2nd person yinídlą́ woohdlą́, yinohdlą́ daoohdlą́, deinohdlą́
3rd person yoodlą́ dayoodlą́
4th person joodlą́ dajoodlą́

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