See also: yildlóósh

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-dlóósh (imperfective stem of root -DLOOZH, “to go on all four”).

Verb edit

yíldlóósh

  1. he/she is arriving crawling on all fours

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishdlóósh niildlóósh daniildlóósh
2nd person níldlóósh nołdlóósh danołdlóósh
3rd person yíldlóósh deíldlóósh
4th person jíldlóósh dajíldlóósh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishdloozh niildloozh daniildloozh
2nd person yíníldloozh noołdloozh danoołdloozh
3rd person yíldloozh daashdloozh
4th person jíldloozh dajishdloozh
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshdlosh diildlosh dadiildlosh
2nd person dííldlosh doołdlosh dadoołdlosh
3rd person dooldlosh dadooldlosh
4th person jidooldlosh dazhdooldlosh

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -dlóósh
  • PERFECTIVE: -dloozh
  • FUTURE: -dlosh
  • ITERATIVE: -dlosh
  • OPTATIVE: -dlóósh

Related terms edit