Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-chozh (durative imperfective stem of root -CHOZH, “to eat a leafy object”).

Verb edit

ałchozh (intransitive)

  1. he/she is chewing (something flat or leafy)
  2. he/she is eating (something flat or leafy)

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ashchozh iilchozh daʼiilchozh
2nd person íłchozh ołchozh daʼołchozh
3rd person ałchozh daʼałchozh
4th person ajiłchozh daʼjiłchozh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ííłchozh iilchozh daʼiilchozh
2nd person ííníłchozh oołchozh daʼoołchozh
3rd person ííłchozh daʼííłchozh
4th person ajííłchozh daʼjííłchozh
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person adeeshchosh adiilchosh daʼdiilchosh
2nd person adííłchosh adoołchosh daʼdoołchosh
3rd person adoołchosh daʼdoołchosh
4th person azhdoołchosh dazhʼdoołchosh

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