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

1. he/she is chewing it (something hard or tough)
2. he/she is eating it (something hard or tough)

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

See also

• yidlą́ (liquid)
• yiʼaał (hard)
• yildeeł (plural)
• yilghał (meat)
• yilkeed (chunky)
• yiłchozh (leafy)
• yiłtsʼééh (mushy)

---

Western Apache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jiʔ˨ɑ̃ːɬ˨]

Verb

yiʼaał

1. he/she chews

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.