ałtsʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tsʼééh (durative imperfective stem of root -TSʼEEʼ, “to eat a mushy object”).

Verb

ałtsʼééh (intransitive)

1. he/she is chewing (something mushy)
2. he/she is eating (something mushy)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	astsʼééh	iiltsʼééh	daʼiiltsʼééh
2nd person	íłtsʼééh	ołtsʼééh	daʼołtsʼééh
3rd person	ałtsʼééh		daʼałtsʼééh
4th person	ajiłtsʼééh		daʼjiłtsʼééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííłtsʼeeʼ	iiltsʼeeʼ	daʼiiltsʼeeʼ
2nd person	ííníłtsʼeeʼ	oołtsʼeeʼ	daʼoołtsʼeeʼ
3rd person	ííłtsʼeeʼ		daʼííłtsʼeeʼ
4th person	ajííłtsʼeeʼ		daʼjííłtsʼeeʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeestsʼah	adiiltsʼah	daʼdiiltsʼah
2nd person	adííłtsʼah	adoołtsʼah	daʼdoołtsʼah
3rd person	adoołtsʼah		daʼdoołtsʼah
4th person	azhdoołtsʼah		dazhʼdoołtsʼah

Related terms

• yiłtsʼééh

See also

• adlą́ (liquid)
• aʼaał (hard)
• aldeeł (plural)
• alghał (meat)
• alkeed (chunky)
• ałchozh (leafy)
• ałtsʼééh (mushy)