-ʼAAL
Navajo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *ʼa̓tɬʼ (“to chew, to bite”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna cʼeʼaał (“he is chewing sth”), yizʼał (“he bit it once”), Gwich'in iiʼàal (“I ate it”), Chipewyan ɣɛsʼaíł (“Iʼm chewing it”)
Found in Navajo in bases related to the eating of hard or crispy food like peanut, candy, celery, bacon.
Root
edit-ʼAAL
Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
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∅ | operative |
S eats O
|
S eats
|
Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -ʼaał | -ʼaal | -ʼał | -ʼał | -ʼaał |
DUR | -ʼaał | -ʼaal | -ʼał | -ʼał | -ʼaał |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
editto eat:
- -CHOZH (leafy O)
- -DÉÉL (plural O)
- -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ (liquid O)
- -GHAL (meat)
- -KID (chunky O)
- -TSʼEEʼ (mushy O)
- -YĄ́Ą́ʼ
- -MAL
to chew, to bite: