Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-chʼął (progressive stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).

Verb edit

yoołchʼął

  1. he/she is going along carrying him/her/it by a handle, string, or cord

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 yishchʼął yiilchʼął
2nd person yíłchʼął wołchʼął
3rd person yoołchʼął
4th person joołchʼął

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