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Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsą́ (neuter perfective stem of root -TSĄĄD, “to be pregnant”)
Verb
ootsą́
- there is a pregnancy
- (with bá) he is going to be a father
- Shá ootsą́ ― I am going to be a father.
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only
Noun
ootsą́
- pregnancy