óltaʼ

See also: olta, ólta, òlta, and ółtaʼ

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -taʼ (imperfective stem of root -TAʼ, “to read, to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔo̞l˦.txäʔ˨]

Verb

óltaʼ

1. simple passive form of ółtaʼ: reading or counting (of something unspecified) is happening

Noun

óltaʼ

1. school

   Óltaʼgóó déyá ― I’m going to school.

2. reading

Derived terms

• áłchíní ółtaʼígíí (“schoolchild”)
• báʼóltaʼí (“teacher”)
• óltaʼ dóó akʼeʼelchí (“reading and writing”)
• óltaʼádi (“at the school”)
• óltaʼági (“at the school”)
• óltaʼdi (“at school”)
• óltaʼgi (“at school”)
• óltaʼgo (“while/when the school is/was in session”)
• óltaʼgóó (“to school”)
• óltaʼídi (“at school”)
• óltaʼidóó (“from the school”)
• óltaʼígíí (“the school”)
• óltaʼjí (“in school”)
• óltaʼjįʼ (“as far as the school”)