iiʼeeł
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Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ʼa- (“away”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]iiʼeeł
- he/she/it is floating away
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | iishʼeeł | iitʼeeł | adeiitʼeeł |
| 2nd person | aniʼeeł | oohʼeeł | adaahʼeeł |
| 3rd person | iiʼeeł | adaaʼeeł | |
| 4th person | ajiʼeeł | adajiʼeeł | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
| 1st person | ííʼéél | iitʼéél | adasiitʼéél |
| 2nd person | ííníʼéél | ooʼéél | adasooʼéél |
| 3rd person | ííʼéél | adaazʼéél | |
| 4th person | ajííʼéél | adajizʼéél | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
| 1st person | adeeshʼoł | adiitʼoł | adadiitʼoł |
| 2nd person | adííʼoł | adoohʼoł | adadoohʼoł |
| 3rd person | adooʼoł | adadooʼoł | |
| 4th person | azhdooʼoł | adazhdooʼoł | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -ʼoł
- OPTATIVE: -ʼeeł
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 177
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼÉÉL (float)
- Navajo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs undergoing da-shift
- Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (∅/yi) aspect