Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-ʼoł (progressive stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb edit

yoołʼoł

  1. he/she is sailing it along, floating along in it, rowing it along

Usage notes edit

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
2nd person yíłʼoł wołʼoł deínółʼeeł
3rd person yoołʼoł deíłʼeeł
4th person joołʼoł dajíłʼeeł

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