adlą́

See also: adla, and ädla

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -dlą́ (imperfective stem of root -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to drink”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑ̀t͡lɑ̃́/

Verb

adlą́

1. he/she/it drinks something, gets a drink, gets drunk, takes a drink
2. he/she/it eats (soup)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ashdlą́	iidlą́	daʼiidlą́
2nd person	ídlą́	ohdlą́	daʼohdlą́
3rd person	adlą́		daʼadlą́
4th person	ajidlą́		daʼjidlą́

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	eeshdlą́ą́ʼ	iidlą́ą́ʼ	daʼiidlą́ą́ʼ
2nd person	íínídlą́ą́ʼ	oohdlą́ą́ʼ	daʼoohdlą́ą́ʼ
3rd person	oodlą́ą́ʼ		daʼoodlą́ą́ʼ
4th person	ajoodlą́ą́ʼ		daʼjoodlą́ą́ʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshdlį́į́ł	adiidlį́į́ł	daʼdiidlį́į́ł
2nd person	adíídlį́į́ł	adoohdlį́į́ł	daʼdoohdlį́į́ł
3rd person	adoodlį́į́ł		daʼdoodlį́į́ł
4th person	azhdoodlį́į́ł		dazhʼdoodlį́į́ł

Verbal stems

• FUTURE: -dlį́į́ł
• CONTINUATIVE: -dlą́
• PERFECTIVE: -dlą́ą́ʼ
• ITERATIVE: -dlį́į́h
• OPTATIVE: -dlą́ą́ʼ

Related terms

• yidlą́: he / she / it drinks something (transitive with specified object)