yíldlóósh

See also: yildlóósh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -dlóósh (imperfective stem of root -DLOOZH, “to go on all four”).

Verb

yíldlóósh

1. he/she is arriving crawling on all fours

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishdlóósh	niildlóósh	daniildlóósh
2nd person	níldlóósh	nołdlóósh	danołdlóósh
3rd person	yíldlóósh		deíldlóósh
4th person	jíldlóósh		dajíldlóósh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nishdloozh	niildloozh	daniildloozh
2nd person	yíníldloozh	noołdloozh	danoołdloozh
3rd person	yíldloozh		daashdloozh
4th person	jíldloozh		dajishdloozh

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshdlosh	diildlosh	dadiildlosh
2nd person	dííldlosh	doołdlosh	dadoołdlosh
3rd person	dooldlosh		dadooldlosh
4th person	jidooldlosh		dazhdooldlosh

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -dlóósh
• PERFECTIVE: -dloozh
• FUTURE: -dlosh
• ITERATIVE: -dlosh
• OPTATIVE: -dlóósh

Related terms

• chʼéldlóósh
• dildlóósh
• haaldlóósh
• iildlóósh
• kʼéldlóósh
• yildlóósh
• yildlosh
• yisdáldlóósh