náyoołtʼih

Navajo

Etymology

ná- (“around”) + -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

náyoołtʼih

1. he/she is in the process of extending or stretching it around, of making an enclosure with it (as with wire, rope, fence)

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	nááshtʼih	néiiltʼih	ndéíníiltʼééh
2nd person	nááłtʼih	nááłtʼih	ndéínółtʼééh
3rd person	náyoołtʼih		ndeíłtʼééh
4th person	ńjoołtʼih		ńdajíłtʼééh

Related terms

• chʼétʼééh
• chʼííłtʼééh
• ditʼééh
• haatʼééh
• haiłtʼééh
• iiłtʼééh
• iitʼééh
• naatʼiʼ
• neiłtʼiʼ
• yidiłtʼééh
• yiłtʼééh
• yitʼééh
• yítʼééh
• yítʼiʼ