dighaał

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ghaał (imperfective stem of root -GHAL, “to move eyes”).

Verb

dighaał

1. he/she is opening his/her eyes, is waking up (starts to move his/her eyes)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dishhaał	diigaał	dadiigaał
2nd person	díghaał	dohhaał	dadohhaał
3rd person	dighaał		dadighaał
4th person	jidighaał		dazhdighaał

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	déghal	deegal	dadeegal
2nd person	díníghal	disooghal	dadisooghal
3rd person	deezghal		dadeezghal
4th person	jideezghal		dazhdeezghal

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dideeshhał	didiigał	dadidiigał
2nd person	didííghał	didoohhał	dadidoohhał
3rd person	didooghał		dadidooghał
4th person	dizhdooghał		dazhdidooghał

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -ghaał
• PERFECTIVE: -ghal
• FUTURE: -ghał
• ITERATIVE: -gał
• OPTATIVE: -ghaał

Related terms

• yighaał