ooldah

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, thematic) + -dah (cursive progressive stem of root -DEEʼ, “plural objects move”).

Verb

ooldah

  1. unspecified people are moving along
  2. (with baa) an event is underway, in progress
  3. (with anaaʼ baa) there is a war going on

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 128
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