aʼaał

See also: A.A.A.L.

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”).

Verb

aʼaał (intransitive)

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ashʼaał	iitʼaał	daʼiitʼaał
2nd person	íʼaał	ohʼaał	daʼohʼaał
3rd person	aʼaał		daʼaʼaał
4th person	ajiʼaał		daʼjiʼaał

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííʼaal	iitʼaal	daʼiitʼaal
2nd person	ííníʼaal	ooʼaal	daʼooʼaal
3rd person	ííʼaal		daʼííʼaal
4th person	ajííʼaal		daʼjííʼaal

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshʼał	adiitʼał	daʼdiitʼał
2nd person	adííʼał	adoohʼał	daʼdoohʼał
3rd person	adooʼał		daʼdooʼał
4th person	azhdooʼał		dazhʼdooʼał

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaał
• PERFECTIVE: -ʼaal
• FUTURE: -ʼał
• ITERATIVE: -ʼał
• OPTATIVE: -ʼaał

Related terms

• yiʼaał

See also

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