Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-ghał (durative imperfective stem of root -GHAL, “to eat meat”).

Verb edit

alghał (intransitive)

  1. he/she is chewing (meat)
  2. he/she is eating (meat)

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ashghał iilghał daʼiilghał
2nd person ílghał ołghał daʼołghał
3rd person alghał daʼalghał
4th person ajilghał daʼjilghał
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person eeshghal iilghal daʼiilghal
2nd person íínílghal oołghal daʼoołghal
3rd person oolghal daʼoolghal
4th person ajoolghal daʼjoolghal
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person adeeshghał adiilghał daʼdiilghał
2nd person adíílghał adoołghał daʼdoołghał
3rd person adoolghał daʼdoolghał
4th person azhdoolghał dazhʼdoolghał

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