yooyééł

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yééł (progressive stem of root -YĮ́, “to handle a pack or a burden”).

Verb

yooyééł

1. he/she is going along carrying it, hauling it (a load or a pack)

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	yishhééł	yiigééł	deíníigeeh
2nd person	yíyééł	wohhééł	deínóhheeh
3rd person	yooyééł		deíyeeh
4th person	jooyééł		dajíyeeh

Related terms

• yiyeeh