yiʼaał
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See also: yíʼááł
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”).
Verb
[edit]yiʼaał
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishʼaał | yiitʼaał | deiitʼaał |
2nd person | niʼaał | wohʼaał | daahʼaał |
3rd person | yiʼaał | deiʼaał | |
4th person | jiʼaał | dajiʼaał |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yíʼaal | yiitʼaal | deiitʼaal |
2nd person | yíní��aal | wooʼaal | daooʼaal |
3rd person | yiyííʼaal | dayííʼaal | |
4th person | jííʼaal | dajííʼaal |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | deeshʼał | diitʼał | dadiitʼał |
2nd person | dííʼał | doohʼał | dadoohʼał |
3rd person | yidooʼał | deidooʼał | |
4th person | jidooʼał | dazhdooʼał |
Verbal stems
[edit]- IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaał
- PERFECTIVE: -ʼaal
- FUTURE: -ʼał
- ITERATIVE: -ʼał
- OPTATIVE: -ʼaał
See also
[edit]- yidlą́ (liquid)
- yiʼaał (hard)
- yildeeł (plural)
- yilghał (meat)
- yilkeed (chunky)
- yiłchozh (leafy)
- yiłtsʼééh (mushy)
Western Apache
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]yiʼaał
- he/she chews
References
[edit]- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.