Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-doh (progressive stem of root -DO, “gas floats”).

Verb edit

yoołdoh

  1. he/she is sailing it (a balloon) 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 yishdoh yiildoh deíníildóóh
2nd person yíłdoh wołdoh deínółdóóh
3rd person yoołdoh deíłdóóh
4th person joołdoh dajíłdóóh

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