ootsą́

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsą́ (neuter perfective stem of root -TSĄĄD, “to be pregnant”)

Verb edit

ootsą́

there is a pregnancy
(with bá) he is going to be a father
Shá ootsą́ ― I am going to be a father.

Usage notes edit

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

Related terms edit

Noun edit

ootsą́

pregnancy