yoołʼah

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + ʼah (progressive stem of root -ʼAH, “to butcher”).

Verb

yoołʼah

he/she is in the process of skinning it, in the process of butchering it

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	yishʼah	yiilʼah	deíníilʼááh
2nd person	yíłʼah	wołʼah	deínółʼááh
3rd person	yoołʼah		deíłʼááh
4th person	joołʼah		dajíłʼááh

Related terms

néíłʼah