Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tį́į́ł (progressive stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff the object”).

Verb edit

yootį́į́ł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (a slender stiff object as a stick)

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 yishtį́į́ł yiitį́į́ł deíníitįįh
2nd person yítį́į́ł wohtį́į́ł deínóhtįįh
3rd person yootį́į́ł deítįįh
4th person jootį́į́ł dajítįįh

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