yigoh

See also: yígoh

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -goh (progressive stem of root -GOʼ, “an animate object falls”).

Verb

yigoh

1. he/she is falling along, is in the course of falling (a person from a height)
2. it is flowing along (a stream of water)

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishgoh	yiigoh	deíníigeeh
2nd person	yígoh	wohgoh	deínóhgeeh
3rd person	yigoh		deígeeh
4th person	joogoh		dajígeeh

Related terms

• yigeeh