yoołtʼih

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

yoołtʼih

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

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

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