yimal

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -mal (durative imperfective stem of root -MAL, “to gobble”).

Verb

yimal

1. he/she is gobbling it, eating it quickly

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishmal	yiiʼmal	deiiʼmal
2nd person	nimal	wohmal	daahmal
3rd person	yimal		deimal
4th person	jimal		dajimal

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yímal	yiiʼmal	deiiʼmal
2nd person	yínímal	woomal	daoomal
3rd person	yiyíímal		dayíímal
4th person	jíímal		dajíímal