See also: yíʼoł

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ʼoł (progressive stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb edit

yiʼoł

  1. he/she/it is floating along

Usage notes edit

The first-person duoplural and plural forms of this verb are irregular (no d-effect).

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishʼoł yiiʼoł deíníiʼeeł
2nd person yíʼoł wohʼoł deínóhʼeeł
3rd person yiʼoł deíʼeeł
4th person jooʼoł dajíʼeeł

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