-YOOD

Navajo

Etymology

Proto-Athabaskan *ghʸuʼd (“chase, drive”)

Root

-YOOD

1. to chase, drive
2. to flee

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni	motion	S flees, drives niidzóód nissóód nanissood (“to herd O”) naniidzood (“to flee from danger”)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-yóód	-yood	-yoł	-yoʼ	-yóód
CONT	-yood	-yood	-yoł	-dzoʼ	-yood

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -YOOD (flee)