Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-lééł (progressive stem of root -LÁ, “to handle a slender flexible object”).

Verb edit

yoolééł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (a rope-like object)
  2. he/she is going along carrying it (a pair of objects)

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 yishłééł yiidlééł deíníidlé
2nd person yílééł wohłééł deínóhłé
3rd person yoolééł deílé
4th person joolééł dajílé

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Noun edit

yoolééł

  1. hangover
    yoolééłhe/she has a hangover, is hungover
    Abínídą́ą́ʼ chxǫ́ǫ́h shá yooléełgo ńdiishʼnaʼI got up early this morning extremely hungover.