daʼalghał

Navajo

Etymology

da- (distributive plural) + ʼa- (unspecified object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ghał (“to chew something meaty”, imperfective verb stem)

Verb

daʼalghał (intransitive, plural)

1. (in general, object unspecified): They eat (meat): third person plural form of alghał (“he/she/it eats (meat)”), the generic form of yilghał (“he/she/it eats something (meat)”).