yookááł

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kááł (progressive stem of root -KĄ́, “to handle matter in an open container”).

Verb

yookááł

1. he/she is going along carrying it (something in an open container)

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	yishkááł	yiikááł	deíníikaah
2nd person	yíkááł	wohkááł	deínóhkaah
3rd person	yookááł		deíkaah
4th person	jookááł		dajíkaah

Related terms

• naazką́
• neiká
• siką́
• yikaah

See also

• yoojih
• yooyééł