naaldo

Navajo

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -do (continuative imperfective stem of root -DO, “gas floats”).

Verb

naaldo

1. 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

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	naaldo
PERFECTIVE	naasdo
FUTURE	ndooldoh

Verbal stems

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

Related terms

• chʼéldóóh
• haaldóóh
• iiłdóóh
• neiłdo
• yoołdoh