haaldóóh

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -dóóh (imperfective stem of root -DO, “gas floats”).

Verb

haaldóóh

1. it floats, drifts or sails up out through the air (smoke, a cloud, a balloon)

   Shił haaldo. ― I take off in a balloon. (lit. it floats up with me.)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	haaldóóh
PERFECTIVE	haaldo
FUTURE	hadooldoh

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -dóóh
• PERFECTIVE: -do
• FUTURE: -doh
• ITERATIVE: -doh
• OPTATIVE: -dóóh

Related terms

• chʼéldóóh
• iiłdóóh
• naaldo
• neiłdo
• yoołdoh