Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ʼa- (away) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).

Verb edit

iiłʼeeł

  1. he/she is sailing it away, floating away in it, rowing it away (a boat)
    Yah iiłʼeeł.He sails, floats or rows it (a boat) into an enclosure.
    Yóóʼ iiłʼeeł.He sails it (a boat) away and disappears or gets lost
  2. he/she is flushing it down a toilet

Conjugation edit

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person iishʼeeł iilʼeeł adeiilʼeeł
2nd person aniłʼeeł oołʼeeł adaałʼeeł
3rd person iiłʼeeł adeiłʼeeł
4th person ajiłʼeeł adajiłʼeeł
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ííłʼéél iilʼéél adasiilʼéél
2nd person ííníłʼéél oołʼéél adasoołʼéél
3rd person ayííłʼéél adeisʼéél
4th person ajííłʼéél adajisʼéél
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person adeeshʼoł adiilʼoł adadiilʼoł
2nd person adííłʼoł adoołʼoł adadoołʼoł
3rd person iidoołʼoł adeidoołʼoł
4th person azhdoołʼoł adazhdoołʼoł

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼeeł
  • PERFECTIVE: -ʼéél
  • FUTURE: -ʼoł
  • ITERATIVE: -ʼoł
  • OPTATIVE: -ʼeeł

Related terms edit