yiʼaał
See also: yíʼááł
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”).
Verb
yiʼaał
Conjugation
Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishʼaał | yiitʼaał | deiitʼaał |
| 2nd person | niʼaał | wohʼaał | daahʼaał |
| 3rd person | yiʼaał | deiʼaał | |
| 4th person | jiʼaał | dajiʼaał | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yíʼaal | yiitʼaal | deiitʼaal |
| 2nd person | yíníʼaal | wooʼaal | daooʼaal |
| 3rd person | yiyííʼaal | dayííʼaal | |
| 4th person | jííʼaal | dajííʼaal | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | deeshʼał | diitʼał | dadiitʼał |
| 2nd person | dííʼał | doohʼał | dadoohʼał |
| 3rd person | yidooʼał | deidooʼał | |
| 4th person | jidooʼał | dazhdooʼał | |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaał
- PERFECTIVE: -ʼaal
- FUTURE: -ʼał
- ITERATIVE: -ʼał
- OPTATIVE: -ʼaał
Western Apache
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jiʔ˨ɑ̃ːɬ˨]
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
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