naaldo
Navajo
editEtymology
editna- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -do (continuative imperfective stem of root -DO, “gas floats”).
Verb
editnaaldo
- it floats, drifts, sails about through the air (smoke, cloud, a balloon)
- Shił naaldo. ― I ride around in a balloon or on a cloud. (lit. it floats around with me.)
Conjugation
editParadigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.
Verbal stems
edit- IMPERFECTIVE: -dóóh
- PERFECTIVE: -do
- FUTURE: -doh
- ITERATIVE: -doh
- OPTATIVE: -dóóh