Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-yééł (progressive stem of root -YĮ́, “to handle a pack or a burden”).

Verb edit

yooyééł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it, hauling it (a load or a pack)

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 yishhééł yiigééł deíníigeeh
2nd person yíyééł wohhééł deínóhheeh
3rd person yooyééł deíyeeh
4th person jooyééł dajíyeeh

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