Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-loh (progressive stem of root -LOʼ, “to act with a rope”).

Verb edit

yooloh

  1. he/she is driving it along, steering it along (a vehicle, originally by means of reins or cables)
  2. he/she is going along carrying it by a handle, string, or cord

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 yishłoh yiidloh deíníidleeh
2nd person yíloh wohłoh deínóhłeeh
3rd person yooloh deíleeh
4th person jooloh dajíleeh

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