Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-kááł (progressive stem of root -KĄ́, “to handle matter in an open container”).

Verb edit

yookááł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (something in an open container)

Usage notes edit

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishkááł yiikááł deíníikaah
2nd person yíkááł wohkááł deínóhkaah
3rd person yookááł deíkaah
4th person jookááł dajíkaah

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