"wolyé" meaning in Navajo

See wolyé in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: w- (peg element) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier) + -yé (imperfective stem of root -YEʼ, “to be called”). Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|w-peg|a}} w- (peg element), {{nv-prefix|yini-3s-oo}} -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person), {{nv-prefix|l}} -l- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|w-peg|yini-3s-oo|l}} w- (peg element) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-yé</i>}} -yé, {{nv-link-to-stem|-yé}} + -yé (imperfective stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-YEʼ</i>}} -YEʼ, {{nv-link-to-root|-YEʼ|be called}} root -YEʼ, “to be called”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} wolyé Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], yinishyé [first-person, imperfective, singular], yiniilyé [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], deiniilyé [first-person, imperfective, plural], yinílyé [imperfective, second-person, singular], yinołyé [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], deinołyé [imperfective, plural, second-person], wolyé [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], yoolyé [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], daolyé [imperfective, plural, third-person], joolyé [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], dajoolyé [fourth-person, imperfective, plural], oolyé [indefinite-person], hoolyé [spatial-person], - [passive], - [agentive, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], yisisyeʼ [first-person, perfective, singular], yisiilyeʼ [duoplural, first-person, perfective], deisiilyeʼ [first-person, perfective, plural], yisínílyeʼ [perfective, second-person, singular], yisoołyeʼ [duoplural, perfective, second-person], deisoołyeʼ [perfective, plural, second-person], woosyeʼ [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], daoosyeʼ [perfective, plural, third-person], joosyeʼ [duoplural, fourth-person, perfective, singular], dajoosyeʼ [fourth-person, perfective, plural], oosyeʼ [indefinite-person], hoosyeʼ [spatial-person], - [passive], - [agentive, passive]
  1. he/she/it is called, his/her name is Categories (topical): Names
    Sense id: en-wolyé-nv-verb-XECnOUgC Disambiguation of Names: 70 30 Categories (other): Navajo terms belonging to the root -YEʼ (be called), Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier), Navajo terms prefixed with yini- Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -YEʼ (be called): 82 18 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier): 46 54 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with yini-: 46 54
  2. it means
    Sense id: en-wolyé-nv-verb-vzoskmdY Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier), Navajo terms prefixed with w- (peg element), Navajo terms prefixed with yini-, Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (∅/si) aspect, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier): 46 54 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with w- (peg element): 34 66 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with yini-: 46 54 Disambiguation of Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (∅/si) aspect: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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        "1": "w-peg",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "w- (peg element)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yini-3s-oo"
      },
      "expansion": "-oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "l"
      },
      "expansion": "-l- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "w-peg",
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      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-yé</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-yé",
      "name": "nowrap"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-yé"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -yé (imperfective stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-YEʼ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-YEʼ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-YEʼ",
        "2": "be called"
      },
      "expansion": "root -YEʼ, “to be called”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "w- (peg element) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier) + -yé (imperfective stem of root -YEʼ, “to be called”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-verbtable-ext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yinishyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiniilyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deiniilyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yinílyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yinołyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deinołyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "joolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dajoolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "spatial-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "agentive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-verbtable-ext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisisyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisiilyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deisiilyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisínílyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisoołyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deisoołyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daoosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "joosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dajoosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "spatial-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "agentive",
        "passive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "wolyé",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -YEʼ (be called)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with yini-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Names",
          "orig": "nv:Names",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "what is your name?",
          "text": "haash yinílyé?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Big Charlie’s mother’s name is Red Woman.",
          "text": "Cháalatsoh bimá éí Asdzą́ą́łchííʼ wolyé",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "his name is Kii.",
          "text": "Kii wolyé",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In French and in English, it is called Canada.",
          "text": "Dáághahii dóó Bilagáana kʼehjígo Canada wolyé",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he/she/it is called, his/her name is"
      ],
      "id": "en-wolyé-nv-verb-XECnOUgC",
      "links": [
        [
          "called",
          "called"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with w- (peg element)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with yini-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (∅/si) aspect",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it means"
      ],
      "id": "en-wolyé-nv-verb-vzoskmdY",
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wolyé"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo terms belonging to the root -YEʼ (be called)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with w- (peg element)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with yini-",
    "Navajo verbs",
    "Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (∅/si) aspect",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Names"
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      "args": {
        "1": "w-peg",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "w- (peg element)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yini-3s-oo"
      },
      "expansion": "-oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "l"
      },
      "expansion": "-l- (classifier)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "w-peg",
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      "expansion": "w- (peg element) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-yé</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-yé",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-yé"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -yé (imperfective stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"nv\">-YEʼ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-YEʼ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-YEʼ",
        "2": "be called"
      },
      "expansion": "root -YEʼ, “to be called”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "w- (peg element) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier) + -yé (imperfective stem of root -YEʼ, “to be called”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-verbtable-ext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yinishyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiniilyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deiniilyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yinílyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yinołyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deinołyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "joolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dajoolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoolyé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "spatial-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "agentive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-verbtable-ext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisisyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisiilyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deisiilyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisínílyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yisoołyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deisoołyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daoosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "joosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dajoosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoosyeʼ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "spatial-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "agentive",
        "passive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "wolyé",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "what is your name?",
          "text": "haash yinílyé?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Big Charlie’s mother’s name is Red Woman.",
          "text": "Cháalatsoh bimá éí Asdzą́ą́łchííʼ wolyé",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "his name is Kii.",
          "text": "Kii wolyé",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In French and in English, it is called Canada.",
          "text": "Dáághahii dóó Bilagáana kʼehjígo Canada wolyé",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he/she/it is called, his/her name is"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "called",
          "called"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "it means"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wolyé"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wolyé meaning in Navajo (5.4kB)

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  "path": [
    "wolyé"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "wolyé",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "wolyé"
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  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "wolyé",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Navajo is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: oosyeʼ, style: text-align:center;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "wolyé"
  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "wolyé",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Navajo is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: hoosyeʼ, style: text-align:center;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Navajo dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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