yoołtʼih

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼih (progressive stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

yoołtʼih

1. he/she is going along putting them in a line, extending it (something long and thin) along in a line

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	yishtʼih	yiiltʼih	deíníiltʼééh
2nd person	yíłtʼih	wołtʼih	deínółtʼééh
3rd person	yoołtʼih		deíłtʼééh
4th person	joołtʼih		dajíłtʼééh

Related terms

• chʼétʼééh
• chʼííłtʼééh
• ditʼééh
• haatʼééh
• haiłtʼééh
• iiłtʼééh
• iitʼééh
• naatʼiʼ
• neiłtʼiʼ
• néíłtʼih
• yidiłtʼééh
• yiłtʼééh
• yitʼééh
• yítʼééh
• yítʼiʼ