Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ná- (around) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-tʼih (progressive stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb edit

náyoołtʼih

  1. he/she is in the process of extending or stretching it around, of making an enclosure with it (as with wire, rope, fence)

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 nááshtʼih néiiltʼih ndéíníiltʼééh
2nd person nááłtʼih nááłtʼih ndéínółtʼééh
3rd person náyoołtʼih ndeíłtʼééh
4th person ńjoołtʼih ńdajíłtʼééh

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