haikaał

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaał (imperfective stem of root -KAL, “to chop”).

Verb

haikaał

1. he/she is wounding him/her/it (with a projectile), grazing him/her/it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	haashkaał	haiikaał	hadeiikaał
2nd person	hanikaał	haahkaał	hadaahkaał
3rd person	haikaał		hadeikaał
4th person	hajikaał		hadajikaał

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	háákal	haiikal	hadasiikal
2nd person	háíníkal	haookal	hadasookal
3rd person	hayííkal		hadeizkal
4th person	hajííkal		hadajizkal

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hadeeshkał	hadiikał	hadadiikał
2nd person	hadííkał	hadoohkał	hadadoohkał
3rd person	haidookał		hadeidookał
4th person	hazhdookał		hadazhdookał

Related terms

• ITERATIVE: -kał
• OPTATIVE: -kaał