yoołtʼoł

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yoołtʼoł

he/she is in the process of sucking it, in the process of pumping 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	yishtʼoł	yiiltʼoł	—
2nd person	yíłtʼoł	wołtʼoł	—
3rd person	yoołtʼoł		—
4th person	joołtʼoł		—

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